intransitive verb. To say or read aloud to be recorded or written by another.

intransitive verb. undefined

intransitive verb. To prescribe with authority; impose.

intransitive verb. To control or command.

intransitive verb. To say or read aloud material to be recorded or written by another.

intransitive verb. To issue orders or commands.

noun. A directive; a command.

noun. A guiding principle.

noun. A positive order or command; an authoritative or controlling direction.

noun. An authoritative rule, maxim, or precept; a guiding principle: as, the dictates of conscience or of reason.

noun. Dictation.

noun. That which is dictated; a dictated utterance.

noun. Synonyms and Injunction, admonition.

To declare or prescribe with authority; direct or command positively, as being right, necessary, or inevitable: as, conscience dictates truthfulness and fair dealing; to dictate a course of conduct, or terms of surrender.

To be the determining cause or motive of; fix or decide positively or unavoidably: as, necessity dictated the abandonment of the ship; his conduct is dictated by false pride.

To express orally for another to write down; give utterance or form to, as something to be written: as, to dictate a letter to a clerk.

Synonyms To command, prescribe, enjoin, require.

To practise dictation; act or speak dictatorially; exercise controlling or arbitrary authority; assume a dictatorial, dogmatic, or commanding attitude.

noun. A statement delivered with authority; an order; a command; an authoritative rule, principle, or maxim; a prescription

intransitive verb. To speak as a superior; to command; to impose conditions (on).

intransitive verb. To compose literary works; to tell what shall be written or said by another.

transitive verb. To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose.

transitive verb. To say; to utter; to communicate authoritatively; to deliver (a command) to a subordinate; to declare with authority; to impose

noun. An order or command.

verb. To order, command, control.

verb. To speak in order for someone to write down the words.

noun. an authoritative rule

noun. a guiding principle

verb. say out loud for the purpose of recording

verb. rule as a dictator

verb. issue commands or orders for

"Brown is using his tunnel vision on the economy in dictate policy in other areas."

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