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verb
- 1. state or order authoritatively: "the tsar's attempts to dictate policy" Similar
- 2. say or read aloud (words to be typed, written down, or recorded on tape): "I have four letters to dictate" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. an order or principle that must be obeyed: "the dictates of fashion" Similar
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DICTATE definition: 1. to give orders, or tell someone exactly what they must do, with total authority: 2. to…. Learn more.
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.
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.
Definition of dictate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
DICTATE meaning: 1. to give orders, or tell someone exactly what they must do, with total authority: 2. to…. Learn more.
If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
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.
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.
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. [...]
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.
