ukase

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/juːˈkeɪz/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(yo̅o̅ kās′, -kāz′, yo̅o̅′kās, -kāz)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
u•kase  (yo̅o̅ kās′, -kāz′, yo̅o̅′kās, -kāz),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. World History(in czarist Russia) an edict or order of the czar having the force of law.
  2. World Historyany order or proclamation by an absolute or arbitrary authority.
  • Russian ukáz, Old Russian ukazù, noun, nominal derivative of ukazati to show, indicate, assign, command, equivalent. to u- prefix + kazati to show, order
  • French
  • 1720–30
    2. edict, directive, ruling, decree, fiat.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ukase /juːˈkeɪz/ n
  1. (in imperial Russia) an edict of the tsar
  2. a rare word for edict
Etymology: 18th Century: from Russian ukaz, from ukazat to command
'ukase' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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