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  2. 1. : to speak or read for a person to transcribe or for a machine to record. dictating a letter to her secretary. 2. a. : to issue as an order. b. : to impose, pronounce, or specify authoritatively. dictate the terms of surrender.

  3. Dictate definition: to say or read (something) aloud for another person to transcribe or for a machine to record. See examples of DICTATE used in a sentence.

  4. DICTATE definition: 1. to give orders, or tell someone exactly what they must do, with total authority: 2. to…. Learn more.

  5. DICTATE meaning: 1. to give orders, or tell someone exactly what they must do, with total authority: 2. to…. Learn more.

  6. 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.

  7. dictate. vb. 1. to say (messages, letters, speeches, etc) aloud for mechanical recording or verbatim transcription by another person. 2. ( tr) to prescribe (commands) authoritatively. 3. ( intr) to act in a tyrannical manner; seek to impose one's will on others. n. 4. an authoritative command. 5. a guiding principle or rule: the dictates of reason.

  8. 3 days ago · If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down. He writes every day of the week, dictating his novels in the morning. American English : dictate / ˈdɪkteɪt /

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