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The meaning of DICTATE is to utter words to be transcribed : to give dictation. How to use dictate in a sentence.
1. If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down. [...] 2. If someone dictates something, or dictates to someone else, they tell them what they should do or can do. [...] 3. If one thing dictates another, the first thing causes or influences the second thing. [...]
to give orders, or state something with total authority: [ + question word ] Tennis club rules dictate what kind of footwear may be worn on the courts. [ T ] To dictate also means to make necessary: The characteristics of the land dictate much of what can be built.
Definition of dictate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
dictate in British English. verb (dɪkˈteɪt ) 1. to say ( messages, letters, speeches, etc) aloud for mechanical recording or verbatim transcription by another person. 2. (transitive) to prescribe ( commands) authoritatively. 3. (intransitive) to act in a tyrannical manner; seek to impose one's will on others.
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. If someone dictates something, or dictates to someone else, they tell them what they should do or can do.
to give orders, or state something with total authority: [ + question word ] Tennis club rules dictate what kind of footwear may be worn on the courts. [ T ] To dictate also means to make necessary: The characteristics of the land dictate much of what can be built.
