ALL meanings of dictate
dic·tate
D d - verb dictate If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down. 4
- verb dictate If someone dictates to someone else, they tell them what they should do or can do. 3
- verb dictate If one thing dictates another, the first thing causes or influences the second thing. 3
- verb dictate You say that reason or common sense dictates that a particular thing is the case when you believe strongly that it is the case and that reason or common sense will cause other people to agree. 3
- countable noun dictate A dictate is an order which you have to obey. 3
- countable noun dictate Dictates are principles or rules which you consider to be extremely important. 3
- verb dictate to say (messages, letters, speeches, etc) aloud for mechanical recording or verbatim transcription by another person 3
- verb dictate to prescribe (commands) authoritatively 3
- verb dictate to act in a tyrannical manner; seek to impose one's will on others 3
- noun dictate an authoritative command 3
- noun dictate a guiding principle or rule 3
- verb transitive dictate to speak or read (something) aloud for someone else to write down 3
- verb transitive dictate to prescribe or command forcefully 3
- verb transitive dictate to impose or give (orders) with or as with authority 3
- verb transitive dictate to give (orders or instructions) arbitrarily 3
- noun dictate a guiding principle or requirement 3
- verb with object dictate to say or read (something) aloud for another person to transcribe or for a machine to record: to dictate some letters to a secretary. 1
- verb with object dictate to prescribe or lay down authoritatively or peremptorily; command unconditionally: to dictate peace terms to a conquered enemy. 1
- verb without object dictate to say or read aloud something to be written down by a person or recorded by a machine. 1
- verb without object dictate to give orders. 1
- noun dictate an authoritative order or command. 1
- noun dictate a guiding or governing principle, requirement, etc.: to follow the dictates of one's conscience. 1
- noun dictate Lay down authoritatively; prescribe. 1
- transitive verb dictate terms: prescribe 1
- transitive verb dictate letter: say aloud 1
- noun dictate moral principle 1
- intransitive verb dictate give orders 1
- noun dictate An order or command. 0
- verb dictate To order, command, control. 0
- verb dictate To speak in order for someone to write down the words. 0