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From Middle English decre, decree, from Old French decré (French décret), from Latin dēcrētum.

• (weak vowel distinction) IPA(key): /dɪˈkɹiː/, [dɪˈkʰɹʷɪi̯]
• (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /dəˈkɹiː/, [dəˈkʰɹʷɪi̯]
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: de‧cree

decree (plural decrees)

1. An edict or law.
   Synonym: edict
2. (law) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
3. (law) The determination of a cause in a court of admiralty or court of probate.
4. (religion) A predetermination made by God; an act of providence.

• consent decree

• counterdecree

• decree absolute

• decree arbitral

• decree nisi

• decreer

• decree time

• final decree

• imperial decree

• postdecree

• predecree

• → Malay: dekri

• → Malayalam: ഡിക്രി (ḍikri)

• → Swahili: dikrii

edict or law

• Arabic: أَمْر (ar) m (ʔamr), مَرْسُوم (ar) m (marsūm)
• Armenian: պատգամ (hy) (patgam)
  Old Armenian: հրովարտակ (hrovartak)
• Azerbaijani: göstəriş, fərman (az), dekret
• Bashkir: фарман (farman)
• Belarusian: ука́з m (ukáz), дэкрэ́т m (dekrét), пастано́ва f (pastanóva)
• Bulgarian: декре́т (bg) m (dekrét), у́каз (bg) m (úkaz)
• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 法令 (zh) (fǎlìng), 上諭 / 上谕 (zh) (shàngyù), 詔書 / 诏书 (zh) (zhàoshū)
• Czech: dekret (cs) m
• Danish: dekret n, forordning c
• Egyptian: (wḏ)
• Esperanto: dekreto (eo)
• Finnish: asetus (fi), määräys (fi), dekreetti (fi)
• French: décret (fr) m
• Galician: decreto (gl) m
• Georgian: ბრძანებულება (brʒanebuleba)
• German: Erlass (de) m, Dekret (de) n, Verordnung (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍆𐍄𐍃 f (gagrēfts)
• Greek:
  Ancient Greek: δόγμα n (dógma), πρόσταγμα n (próstagma)
• Hindi: अधिसूचना m (adhisūcnā), आज्ञा (hi) f (ājñā), विधान (hi) (vidhān)
• Hungarian: rendelet (hu), dekrétum (hu)
• Indonesian: dekret (id), titah (id)
• Irish: acht (ga) m
• Italian: decreto (it) m, ordinanza (it) f
• Japanese: 命令 (ja) (めいれい, meirei), 詔書 (ja) (しょうしょう, shōsho), 詔勅 (ja) (しょうちょく, shōchoku)
• Kazakh: әмір (kk) (ämır), жарлық (jarlyq)
• Korean: 법령(法令) (ko) (beomnyeong), 칙령(勅令) (ko) (chingnyeong)
• Latin: ēdictum n, dēcrētum n, iussiō f
• Macedonian: декре́т m (dekrét)
• Malay: dekri
• Malayalam: ഡിക്രി (ml) (ḍikri)
• Norwegian:
  Bokmål: forordning (no) m or f
  Nynorsk: forordning f
• Persian: فرمان (fa) (farmân)
• Polish: dekret (pl) m
• Portuguese: decreto (pt) m
• Romanian: decret (ro) n
• Russian: ука́з (ru) m (ukáz), декре́т (ru) m (dekrét), постановле́ние (ru) n (postanovlénije)
• Slovak: dekrét m
• Spanish: decreto (es) m
• Swahili: dikrii (sw)
• Swedish: dekret (sv) n, förordning (sv) c
• Turkish: genelge (tr), sirküler (tr), kararname (tr)
  Ottoman Turkish: امر (emr, emir)
• Ukrainian: ука́з m (ukáz), декре́т m (dekrét), постано́ва f (postanóva)
• Zazaki: qanunname m, ferman (diq)

judicial decision

• Belarusian: пастано́ва f (pastanóva)
• Bulgarian: постановле́ние (bg) n (postanovlénie)
• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 判決 / 判决 (zh) (pànjué)
• Danish: dom (da) c
• Finnish: päätös (fi), määräys (fi)
• German: Verfügung (de) f, Beschluss (de) m, Entscheid (de) m, Gerichtsentscheid (de) m
• Greek:
  Ancient Greek: δικαίωμα n (dikaíōma), διαγνώμη f (diagnṓmē)
• Hungarian: végzés (hu), döntés (hu), határozat (hu)
• Japanese: 判決 (ja) (はんけつ, hanketsu)
• Korean: 결정(決定) (ko) (gyeoljeong)
• Portuguese: decreto (pt) m
• Russian: постановле́ние (ru) n (postanovlénije)
• Spanish: decreto (es) m, ordenanza (es) f
• Ukrainian: постано́ва f (postanóva)

decree (third-person singular simple present decrees, present participle decreeing, simple past and past participle decreed)

1. To command by a decree.
   A court decrees a restoration of property.
   • 1797, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, “Kubla Khan: Or A Vision in a Dream”, in Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision: The Pains of Sleep, London: […] John Murray, […], by William Bulmer and Co. […], published 1816, →OCLC, page 55:
     In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea.
   • 2022 November 8, Pete Wells, “Restaurant Review: Why Does This Tibetan Kitchen Also Cook Sichuan Food?”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 November 2022, Food‎[2]:
     The Nhasangs themselves are from Ngaba, which is in the Amdo region of northeastern Tibetan, a cultural borderland where Tibetan and Sichuan traditions meet. China has decreed that Ngaba is within Sichuan Province.

• enact

• ordain

• decreeable

• redecree

• undecreed

to command by a decree

• Danish: dekretere, forordne, bestemme (da)

• Esperanto: dekreti

• Finnish: antaa asetus, julistaa (fi), määrätä (fi)

• French: décréter (fr)

• German: bestimmen (de), verfügen (de), verordnen (de), dekretieren

• Hungarian: elrendel (hu), határoz (hu), végzést hoz/meghoz, rendelkezik (hu)

• Irish: foraithin, reachtaigh, achtaigh

• Kazakh: әмір ету (ämır etu), жарлық шығару (jarlyq şyğaru)

• Latin: scisco

• Old English: sċrīfan

• Portuguese: decretar (pt)

• Spanish: decretar (es)

• Swedish: förordna (sv), dekretera (sv), påbjuda (sv), bestämma (sv)

• recede

decree

1. alternative form of decre