English

Etymology
From Latin dictatum, past participle of dictare, the frequentative derived from dicere, "to say".

Pronunciation
(US) IPA: /�dɪk�teɪt/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪt|-eɪt

Noun
en-noun

1. An order or command.

#:I must obey the dictates of my conscience.

Translations
Portuguese: ordem f, comando m

Verb
en-verb|dictat|ing

1. To order, command, control.

#:My boss thinks he can dictate how I spend my time outside work hours.
#:The bad weather dictated the route we travelled.

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

#:She is dictating a letter to a stenographer.
#:The French teacher dictated a passage from Victor Hugo.

Derived terms
dictation
dictator

Translations
trans-top|To order, command, control
Finnish: sanella
Hebrew: ���ת�� (lehakhtyv)
trans-mid
Portuguese: ordenar, comandar, controlar
trans-bottom

trans-top|To speak in order for someone to write down the words
Czech: diktovat
Finnish: sanella
Hebrew: ���ת�� (lehakhtyv)
trans-mid
Portuguese: ditar
trans-bottom

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ttbc|German: befehlen, diktieren

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