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- pronunciation:
- dIk
teIt
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dIk
teIt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
dictates, dictating, dictated |
| definition 1: |
People with power are able to dictate things. When a person or institution dictates something, other people have to do that thing. That thing is an order or command.
If Nolan stays overnight with his grandmother, she dictates what time he has to go to bed. She is very strict about it.The owners of the company dictate what the workers can wear.The government dictated what crops the farmers could plant.- synonyms:
- command, demand, direct, order
- similar words:
- boss, determine, instruct, set, state
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| definition 2: |
When you dictate something, you say it out loud so that another person can write it down.
The teacher dictated the words of the poem, and the students wrote the poem down in their notebooks.- synonyms:
- read
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| related words: |
bid, command, direct, tell |
| derivation: |
dictatingly (adv.) |
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