 dictate |
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| 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 |
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