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dictate English

Meaning dictate meaning

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dictate Verb

— If you dictate a document (something written), you say the words so another person can write or type them. I dictated the letter to my secretary. — If X dictates Y, X requires Y, or X causes Y. Circumstances dictate that we must be ready to fight.

dictate

— verb (= order) issue commands or orders for — verb say out loud for the purpose of recording He dictated a report to his secretary — noun an authoritative rule — noun a guiding principle the dictates of reason — verb rule as a dictator

Synonyms dictate synonyms

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dictate English » English

order command prescribe tell mandate impose govern dictation decree bid rule direct demand compel bidding behest writ tyrannize set reign prompt procure prescript precept oppress injunction imperative fiat enjoin edict domineer directive depotize control commandment book word of command verbalize utter ultimatum suppress summons summon stipulate rescript requisition record read loud read rattle off

Conjugation dictate conjugation

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dictate · verb

Examples dictate examples

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Simple sentences

No one shall dictate to me.

Movie subtitles

I will dictate a letter.
Dictate for the record what you know about the whole case.
I'll dictate it.
You want to dictate them?
My brother dictate!
You dictate to her and bring her home.
I'm going to dictate for your signature the confession you've just made to me.
I know that if we ever had him for 10 minutes, we could dictate our own terms.
Do you think that I'd be very much of a man if I let another man dictate to me my own way of life?
I dictate 150 words a minute.
Such thoughts don't dictate my conduct. There's nothing in my past to blush about.
Paris can dictate to women what to wear at a cocktail party or to bed.
I will not allow him to dictate our trade policies.
You consider the press qualified to influence and dictate to the armed forces?
Do I peer into the lives of my subjects. and dictate to them whom they shall love?
Don't think I'm trying to dictate to you, but.
Does he think he can dictate to the Queen of England?
Now, write what I dictate, and you Lestrade, I trust you'd see that it gets into the newspapers.
Ms Cook, will you come in please, I want to dictate a letter.
You can dictate?
I've got letters to dictate.
Don't let people dictate what you shall do or shall not do because it would be impossible for you to do anything which is not fine and decent and true.
DID MY FAITHFUL LITTLE SECRETARY THINK I MIGHT SUDDENLY HAVE A JUICY MURDER TO DICTATE?
Well, perhaps there are some other letters you would like to dictate?
If you're in the minority, we'll dictate you our will.
May I dictate something to your secretary?
Yes, I could let you dictate something to her, but I tried to get through to Brisbane myself half an hour ago.
And then, we shall dictate our conditions.
I've a letter to dictate to you.
Comrade Lenin, I report to you not by a dictate of office, by the heart's prompting alone.

News and current affairs

But if one thinks in terms of universal norms of human rights, what right has Turkey to dictate internal development in another country?
But, although they have increased their dependence on market forces, their governments continue to dictate too many major economic decisions, increasing the risk of imbalances or even crises.
This increase would be above what microprudential supervision - assessing the risks to individual institutions - might dictate.
This question is not trivial, because the fiscal hair shirt has become the favored article of policy clothing among those who now dictate economic affairs.
As the largest creditor, Germany could dictate the terms of assistance, which were punitive and pushed debtor countries towards insolvency.
For many investors, credit ratings dictate where and how much they can invest.
Historically, the US has exercised enormous leadership in a world committed to the proposition that no state should dictate collective decisions.
But his negotiating technique - unpredictable oscillations between aggressiveness and weakness - is the opposite of what game theory would dictate.
Skeptics, however, warn that the mass media dictate the voices we hear and are less interested in reasoned debate than in catering to popular prejudices.
Similar motives dictate reserve accumulation in other emerging markets.
If Americans want to preserve their privileged position, they must not use it to dictate to the rest of the world, but for the well being of others.
In the radicals' view, the US will at the very least seek to dictate major changes in Iranian foreign policy.
By law in the US, new approaches superseding established bankruptcy procedures dictate the demise rather than the rescue of failing firms, whether by sale, merger, or liquidation.
Though circumstances dictate that Bernanke is the best candidate and should be reappointed, the real challenge is to ensure a thorough intellectual housecleaning at the Fed in order to open space for alternative economic views.
Moreover, unlike the West, which has used up most of its traditional countercyclical policy ammunition, China has maintained ample scope for fiscal and monetary-policy adjustments as circumstances dictate.
No constant memoranda dictate content.
The department heads and oversight committees that meet to evaluate programming seldom dictate content, but merely pass their complaints and recommendations down to programming heads.
Israel can dictate the terms of its military incursion and end it at will, whereas an Indian military action would immediately spark a war with a well-armed neighbor that neither side could win.
This is not the first time that the American public has allowed fear to dictate public policy.

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