DECREE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
   Synonym(s)
   • edict (what does edict mean?)
   • fiat (what does fiat mean?)
   • order (what does order mean?)
   • rescript (what does rescript mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there
   Hypernyms(s) decree is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • act (what does act mean?)
   • enactment (what does enactment mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • consent decree (what does consent decree mean?)
   • curfew (what does curfew mean?)
   • decree nisi (what does decree nisi mean?)
   • imperial decree (what does imperial decree mean?)
   • legal separation (what does legal separation mean?)
   • judicial separation (what does judicial separation mean?)
   • programma (what does programma mean?)
   • prohibition (what does prohibition mean?)
   • ban (what does ban mean?)
   • proscription (what does proscription mean?)
   • stay (what does stay mean?)
   • bull (what does bull mean?)
   • papal bull (what does papal bull mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • order (what does order mean?)
   • prescribe (what does prescribe mean?)
   • dictate (what does dictate mean?)
   • order (what does order mean?)
   • tell (what does tell mean?)
   • enjoin (what does enjoin mean?)
   • say (what does say mean?)
   • rule (what does rule mean?)
   • decree (what does decree mean?)
   • decree (what does decree mean?)

DECREE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • decide with authority
   Synonym(s)
   • rule (what does rule mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The King decreed that all first-born males should be killed
   Hypernyms(s) decree is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • decide (what does decide mean?)
   • make up one’s mind (what does make up one’s mind mean?)
   • determine (what does determine mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • overrule (what does overrule mean?)
   • overturn (what does overturn mean?)
   • override (what does override mean?)
   • overthrow (what does overthrow mean?)
   • reverse (what does reverse mean?)
   • rule out (what does rule out mean?)
   • rule in (what does rule in mean?)
   See Also
   • preclude (what does preclude mean?)
   • rule out (what does rule out mean?)
   • close out (what does close out mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • decree (what does decree mean?)
   • edict (what does edict mean?)
   • fiat (what does fiat mean?)
   • order (what does order mean?)
   • rescript (what does rescript mean?)
   • rule (what does rule mean?)
   • prescript (what does prescript mean?)
   • ruler (what does ruler mean?)
   • swayer (what does swayer mean?)
2. Meaning
   • issue a decree
   Usage Example(s)
   • The King only can decree
   Hypernyms(s) decree is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • declare (what does declare mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • ordain (what does ordain mean?)
   • ordain (what does ordain mean?)
   • enact (what does enact mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • decree (what does decree mean?)
   • edict (what does edict mean?)
   • fiat (what does fiat mean?)
   • order (what does order mean?)
   • rescript (what does rescript mean?)