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dictate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈdikˌtāt/,
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dictated, past tense; dictated, past participle; dictates, 3rd person singular present; dictating, present participle;
  1. Lay down authoritatively; prescribe
    • - the tsar's attempts to dictate policy
    • - that doesn't give you the right to dictate to me
  2. Control or decisively affect; determine
    • - choice is often dictated by availability
    • - a review process can be changed as circumstances dictate
  3. Say or read aloud (words to be typed, written down, or recorded on tape)
    • - I have four letters to dictate
Noun
  1. An order or principle that must be obeyed
    • - the dictates of fashion
  1. order: issue commands or orders for
  2. an authoritative rule
  3. a guiding principle; "the dictates of reason"
  4. say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary"
  5. rule as a dictator
  6. (dictated) determined: determined or decided upon as by an authority; "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching"
  7. (Dictating) Dictation is the transcription of spoken text: one person who is "dictating" speaks and another who is "taking dictation" writes down the words as they are spoken.
  8. A guiding principle or command; to command or give with authority.
  9. prescribe, lay down, order, command, authoritive instruction
  10. 1. to speak while another writes down, 2. to have absolute authority