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"Dictate" Definition
noun
A directive; a command.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A guiding principle: followed the dictates of my conscience.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
A ruling principle .
Source: Merriam-Webster
A command by one in authority.
Source: Merriam-Webster
An authoritative rule, prescription, or injunction.
Source: Merriam-Webster
verb-transitive
To control or command: "Foreign leaders were . . . dictated by their own circumstances, bound by the universal imperatives of politics” ( Doris Kearns Goodwin).
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To prescribe with authority; impose: dictated the rules of the game.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To say or read aloud to be recorded or written by another: dictate a letter.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-intransitive
To issue orders or commands.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To say or read aloud material to be recorded or written by another: dictated for an hour before leaving for the day.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb
To require or determine necessarily .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To issue as an order.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To impose, pronounce, or specify authoritatively.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To speak or read for a person to transcribe or for a machine to record.
Source: Merriam-Webster
To give .
Source: Merriam-Webster
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