decreeing 1 of 2

noun

Definition of decreeingnext
as in forbidding

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decreeing

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verb

present participle of decree
as in ordering
to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority the new supervisor decreed that thenceforth coffee breaks would have a 15-minute limit

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decreeing
  1. requesting
  2. mandating
  3. asking
  4. instruction
  5. prohibition
  6. dictation
  7. direction
  8. proscription
Verb
  • The Hamilton County Coroner's Office is requesting help finding the relatives of a man who died this week.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
  • By letter of December 13, the court accelerated the briefing schedule, requesting a final response by December 19.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of requesting
Verb
  • At the same time, the US proceeded with developing and enacting the National Cybersecurity Strategy, setting standards, and mandating the establishment of a State Department Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • In October, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a ruling mandating the removal of all lead pipes supplying drinking water in the United States.
    Stephen Mihm, The Mercury News, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of mandating
Verb
  • But no one seemed all that interested in asking or talking about it Thursday, which makes this as good a time as any to revisit The Athletic’s midseason predictions for the Panthers.
    Joseph Person, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The key to staying relevant is to start asking questions and preparing for the future now.
    Nirmal Chhabria, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of asking
Noun
  • However, according to Michigan Modern, the architect didn’t send any instructions on how to build this fundamental element of the home, causing confusion.
    Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Driving instructions directives Blue Words: Brake, park, signal, turn.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of instruction
Noun
  • For example, Goldwater Institute's claim that the increase in the bed tax constitutes an unconstitutional tax on a service misconstrues the Arizona Constitution's prohibition on tax increases for services.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The current version of the policy maintains prohibitions on Holocaust denials, Blackface, insinuations about Jewish people controlling the media.
    Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of prohibition
Noun
  • But much of what survives are school children’s copies of other works, an indication that children learned by dictation with the student copying what a teacher said or wrote.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
  • This could be significant for those that routinely use voice dictation for text and email messages.
    Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of dictation
Noun
  • The second storm is a stark new policy direction from the Trump-Vance Administration that threatens to disrupt Maryland’s economy, which is already deeply reliant on the federal government.
    Wes Moore, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2025
  • TikTok has until January 19 to find an American buyer to continue operating in the country, under the direction of an upcoming Supreme Court ruling.
    Sara Merican, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of direction
Noun
  • Under Elizabethan feudalism this notion was unthinkable if only because none but the royal had the alternatives of seemingly absolute choice, the liberties of the masses being hedged about by all sorts of rigid proscriptions.
    Andrew Aoyama, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Washington also secured buy-in for a proscription against the use of force to alter international boundaries, helping lock in place a status quo that has benefited the United States.
    Ryan Hass, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023
Definition of proscription
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