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- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Grammatical Patterns, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
dIk
teIt
[or]
dIk
teIt
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| inflections: |
dictates, dictating, dictated |
| definition 1: |
to state or order with authoritative force; prescribe definitely.
The rulers dictated what privileges the nobility enjoyed.The owners dictate the company's policies.The fashion industry tends to dictate what women wear.Her religion dictates that she remain married.[verb + (that) + subjunctive clause
]
- synonyms:
- command, decree, demand, direct, impose, ordain, order, prescribe
- similar words:
- boss, determine, enjoin, instruct, set, state
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| definition 2: |
to say or read aloud (something) in order that it may be recorded or written down by someone else.
Before the advent of word processing, it was common to dictate one's business letters to a secretary.- synonyms:
- read
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| related words: |
bid, command, decree, direct, impose, tell, will |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| pronunciation: |
dIk
teIt
[or]
dIk
teIt
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| definition 1: |
to issue orders; make demands.
Others make polite requests, but he just dictates.- synonyms:
- command, decree, demand, direct, ordain, order, prescribe
- similar words:
- determine, require
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| definition 2: |
to speak or read aloud something in order that it may be recorded or written down by someone else.
As I was dictating, a phone call interrupted me. |
| related words: |
bid, boss, command, decree, direct, ordain, prescribe |
adverb + (v.)dictate
largely, partly, practically, strictly
(v.)dictate
+ adverb
otherwise
(v.)dictate
+ noun
agenda,
arrangement,
behavior,
choice,
composition,
condition,
conduct,
consideration,
constraint,
content,
curriculum,
fate,
immigration,
imperative,
letter,
makeup,
memoir,
morality,
move,
necessity,
need,
outcome,
pace,
parameter,
placement,
policy,
preference,
recorder,
rhythm,
schedule,
shape,
structure,
style,
tempo,
term,
timing
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
dIk
teIt
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| definition 1: |
a command; directive.
He claims that he was only carrying out the dictates of his superiors.- synonyms:
- charge, command, demand, directive, imperative, order
- similar words:
- decree, determination, direction, edict, instruction, statement
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| definition 2: |
(often pl.) a requirement or controlling principle.
The dictates of common sense forced him to reconsider his opinion.- synonyms:
- demand, imperative
- similar words:
- precept, principle, requirement
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| related words: |
behest, bidding, law, mandate, word |
adjective + (n.)dictate
common, moral, religious
verb + (n.)dictate
accept, act, bow, conform, enforce, escape, follow, ignore, listen, obey
(n.)dictate
+ verb
adhere, govern, impose
noun + (n.)dictate
adult, compliance, customer, demand, judgment, logic, situation, tradition
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| derivation: |
dictatingly (adv.) |
The word dictate
contains the following parts:
dic, dict
Latin
root
that means speak, declare
  Example words:
abdicate, addict, addiction, benediction, contradict, contradiction, contradictory, contraindicate, dedicate, dictaphone, dictate, dictation, dictator, diction, dictionary, dictum, edict, indicate, indict, indictment, interdict, jurisdiction, malediction, predicate, predict, prediction, syndicate, valediction, valedictorian, verdict, veridical, predictable
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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