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   dictate

   verb

   • 1. state or order authoritatively: "the tsar's attempts to dictate policy" Similar give orders toorder aboutorder aroundboss (about)boss (around)impose one's will onlord it overbullydomineerdominatetyrannizeoppressride roughshod overcontrolpressurizebrowbeatlay down the lawact the tin godinformal:push aboutpush aroundbulldozewalk all overcall the shotsthrow one's weight aboutthrow one's weight around
   • ▪ control or decisively affect; determine: "choice is often dictated by availability" Similar prescribelay downimposeset downset outordercommanddecreeordaindirectpronounceenjoinpromulgatedeterminedecideinfluenceaffectchoosecontrolgovern
   • 2. say or read aloud (words to be typed, written down, or recorded on tape): "I have four letters to dictate" Similar say aloudutterspeakread outread aloudreciteOpposite write

   noun

   • 1. an order or principle that must be obeyed: "the dictates of fashion" Similar ordercommanddecreeedictrulerulingordinancedictumdirectivedirectioninstructionpronouncementmandaterequirementstipulationinjunctionultimatumdemandexhortationbiddingrequestchargepromulgationukasepronunciamentoinformal:say-soliterary:behestarchaic:hestrare:rescriptprincipleguiding principlecodecanonlawruleregulationpreceptdictumaxiommaxim

   Word Origin late 16th century (in dictate (sense 2 of the verb)): from Latin dictat- ‘dictated’, from the verb dictare.

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   What does dictat mean?

   • , dic·tat·ed, dic·tat·ing. to dictate some letters to a secretary. to dictate peace terms to a conquered enemy. , dic·tat·ed, dic·tat·ing. to say or read aloud something to be written down by a person or recorded by a machine. to give orders. an authoritative order or command. to follow the dictates of one's conscience.

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   What does dictation mean?

   • If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down. Sheldon writes every day of the week, dictating his novels in the morning. [VERB noun] Everything he dictated was signed and sent out the same day. [VERB noun] If someone dictates to someone else, they tell them what they should do or can do.

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   What does dictate mean in school?

   • Weather often dictates how many layers of clothes you wear, and the school rules dictate how you behave in and out of class. In a very different meaning, dictate means to say something out loud to a person or into a machine so it can be recorded. Up until fairly recently, bosses dictated letters and reports to secretaries who wrote them down.

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   How do you say dictating a word?

   • Word forms: dictates , dictates , dictating , dictated pronunciation note: The verb is pronounced (dɪkteɪt , US dɪkteɪt ). The noun is pronounced (dɪkteɪt ). If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down. Sheldon writes every day of the week, dictating his novels in the morning. [VERB noun]

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     to give orders, or tell someone exactly what they must do,...

   • Znaczenie Dictate, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     DICTATE definicja: 1. to give orders, or tell someone...

   • Dictate: Arabic Translation

     DICTATE translate: يُمْلي. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Indonesian Translation

     dictate translate: mendiktekan, menyatakan, memerintahkan....

   • Vietnamese Translation

     DICTATE translate: đọc cho viết, tuyên bố, ra lệnh. Learn...

   • Dictate: French Translation

     dictate translate: déterminer, dicter, dicter, dicter,...

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     dictate - translate into Czech with the English-Czech...

   • Dictate: Korean Translation

     DICTATE translate: 받아쓰게 하다. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   In a very different meaning, dictate means to say something out loud to a person or into a machine so it can be recorded. Up until fairly recently, bosses dictated letters and reports to secretaries who wrote them down.

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   to say or read (something) aloud for another person to transcribe or for a machine to record: to dictate some letters to a secretary. to prescribe or lay down authoritatively or peremptorily; command unconditionally: to dictate peace terms to a conquered enemy.

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