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Bookmark or Share- Dictate Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster1. : to speak or read for a person to transcribe or for a machine to record. dictating a letter to her secretary. 2. a. : to issue as an order. b. : to impose, pronounce, or specify authoritatively. dictate the terms of surrender.
- DICTATE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionaryto give orders, or tell someone exactly what they must do, with total authority: The UN will dictate the terms of troop withdrawal from the region. [ + question word ] He disagrees with the government dictating what children are taught in schools. [ + that ] The rules dictate that only running shoes must be worn on the track. [ T ]
- DICTATES Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-WebsterSynonyms for DICTATES: orders, requests, requires, mandates, asks, directs, demands, decrees; Antonyms of DICTATES: cancels, rescinds, countermands, appeals, recommendations, petitions, pleas, urgings.
- DICTATE Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.comto say or read (something) aloud for another person to transcribe or for a machine to record: to dictate some letters to a secretary. to prescribe or lay down authoritatively or peremptorily; command unconditionally: to dictate peace terms to a conquered enemy.
- DICTATE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionaryto speak something aloud for a person or machine to record what is said, so that it can be written down: I dictated my order over the phone. dictate something to someone She spent the morning dictating letters to her secretary. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
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