dictate | ||
1. | [ verb ] issue commands or orders for | |
Synonyms: | prescribe order | |
Related terms: | inflict mandate command decree prescription authoritarian | |
2. | [ noun ] a guiding principle | |
Examples: | : "the dictates of reason" |
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Related terms: | principle order | |
3. | [ verb ] say out loud for the purpose of recording | |
Examples: | "He dictated a report to his secretary" |
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Related terms: | read dictator | |
4. | [ noun ] an authoritative rule | |
Related terms: | rule | |
5. | [ verb ] (politics) rule as a dictator | |
Related terms: | govern tyrannize dictator | |
Similar spelling: |
dictated digitate digitately dictator dictation dighted |