What does decree mean?
Decree means An edict or law..
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/dɪˈkɹiː/ · noun
An edict or law..
There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
Poor hand, why quiverest thou at this decree?
A court decrees a restoration of property.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee.
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.
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.
Use decree when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Decree means An edict or law..
Common synonyms include enact, ordain, edict, order.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
There went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
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