dictate
English
Etymology
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Borrowed from Latin dictātus, perfect passive participle of dictō (“pronounce or declare repeatedly; dictate”), frequentative of dīcō (“say, speak”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Verb
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- Rhymes: -eɪt
Noun
dictate (plural dictates)
Translations
an order or command
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Verb
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- To order, command, control.
- 2001, Sydney I. Landau, Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography, Cambridge University Press →ISBN, page 409,
- Trademark Owners will nevertheless try to dictate how their marks are to be represented, but dictionary publishers with spine can resist such pressure.
- 2001, Sydney I. Landau, Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography, Cambridge University Press →ISBN, page 409,
- 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
Translations
to order, command, control
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to speak in order for someone to write down the words
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See also
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /dikˈtaː.te/, [d̪ɪkˈt̪äːt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dikˈta.te/, [d̪ikˈt̪äːt̪e]
Participle
(deprecated template usage) dictāte
Verb
(deprecated template usage) dictāte
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