Father In Different Languages. After mother, 'father' is the word that almost all the kids learn to speak. It gives a man immense pleasure to be called 'dad', 'daddy', 'baba', 'papa' or even 'abbu' by his child.
Definition of mandate. 1  1 : an authoritative command; especially : a formal order from a superior court or official to an inferior one. 2  2 : an authorization to act given to a representative accepted the mandate of the people.
mandated. 1  transitive verb. 2  1 : to administer or assign (something, such as a territory) under a mandate. 3  2 : to officially require (something) : make (something) mandatory : order a law mandating recycling; also : to direct or require (someone) to do something a commission mandated to investigate corruption.