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verb
- 1. lay down authoritatively; prescribe: "the tsar's attempts to dictate policy"
- 2. say or read aloud (words to be typed, written down, or recorded on tape): "I have four letters to dictate"
noun
- 1. an order or principle that must be obeyed: "the dictates of fashion"
to speak something aloud for a person or machine to record what is said, so that it can be written down: I dictated my order over the phone. dictate something to someone She spent the morning dictating letters to her secretary. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
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. Definitions of dictate. noun. a guiding principle. “the dictates of reason” see more. noun. an authoritative rule. see more. verb.
1 day ago · 1. verb. 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] [ Also VERB] 2. verb.
2 days ago · 1. transitive verb. 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. 2. transitive verb. If someone dictates something, or dictates to someone else, they tell them what they should do or can do.
Check pronunciation: dictate. Definition of dictate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to say or read something for someone to write down: Tony was busy dictating letters to his secretary. dictate verb (DECIDE) to decide or control what happens: [ + question word ] The weather will dictate where we hold the party. Phrasal verbs. dictate to sb.
DICTATE meaning: 1 : to speak or read (something) to a person who writes it down or to a machine that records it; 2 : to say or state (something) with authority or power.
