dictate
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ˈdÉĒk
dik
tate
teÉĒt
teit
/dÉĒkˈteÉĒt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "dictate"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϤāϝāĻŧāĻž, āφāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϤāϝāĻŧāĻž

to tell someone what to do or not to do, in an authoritative way
Transitive: to dictate sth
to dictate definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The supervisor dictates daily tasks to the team.
āϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ­āĻžāχāϜāĻžāϰ āĻĻāϞāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧈āύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āύ.
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āĻĄāĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻŸā§‡āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϞāĻŋāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž

to say or recite aloud for the purpose of transcription by someone or recording by a machine
Transitive: to dictate a document or content
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The author dictated his latest manuscript to a typist to speed up the writing process.
āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ• āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āϟāĻžāχāĻĒāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāρāϰ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄā§āϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻļā§‹āύāĻžāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϭ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to behave in a domineering or tyrannical manner
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Instead of collaborating with her team, she preferred to dictate, leading to resentment among her colleagues.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻšāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇, āϏ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ…āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧋āώ⧇āϰ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϤāϝāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to control or decide how something should happen or be done
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Money dictated his decision last week.
āĻ—āϤ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡ āϟāĻžāĻ•āĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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a principle or guideline that directs action or behavior

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Safety dictates require protective gear in the laboratory.
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an authoritative order or command that must be followed

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Military dictates are strictly enforced.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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