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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 say or read aloud something to be written down by a person or recorded by a machine. to give orders. noun. an authoritative order or command. a guiding or governing principle, requirement, etc.: to follow the dictates of one's conscience. Synonyms: bidding. dictate. verb.
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.
Check pronunciation: dictate. Definition of dictate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
3 days ago · To speak in order for someone to write down the words. She is dictating a letter to a stenographer.
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.
3 days 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.
The US government attempted to dictate the terms of the agreement. 3 [ transitive] to control or influence something SYN determine dictate what/how etc Funds dictate what we can do. dictate that The laws of physics dictate that what goes up must come down. The massive publicity dictated a response from the city government.
