Sekirov Dictionary

dictate

UK /(ˌ)dɪkˈteɪt/US /ˈdɪkˌteɪt/

verb 3
noun 1
forms 5

verb3

•
To order, command, control.
- Etiquette dictates that wedding invitations should be acknowledged in writing.
•
To determine or decisively affect.
- He had offered, and been refused! There was that in her own nature, which sympathised with the pride, for such she held to be the motive, dictating the refusal. — 1837
•
To speak in order for someone to write down the words.
- She is dictating a letter to a stenographer.
- The French teacher dictated a passage from Victor Hugo.

noun1

•
An order or command.
- I must obey the dictates of my conscience.

forms

dictated · dictating · dictates · dictateth · dictatest

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