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Meaning of "dictate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DICTATE

From Latin dictāre to say repeatedly, order, from dīcere to say.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DICTATE

dictate  [dɪkˈteɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DICTATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dictate is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb dictate in English.

WHAT DOES DICTATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dictate in the English dictionary

The first definition of dictate in the dictionary is to say aloud for mechanical recording or verbatim transcription by another person. Other definition of dictate is to prescribe authoritatively. Dictate is also to act in a tyrannical manner; seek to impose one's will on others.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DICTATE

PRESENT

Present
I dictate
you dictate
he/she/it dictates
we dictate
you dictate
they dictate
Present continuous
I am dictating
you are dictating
he/she/it is dictating
we are dictating
you are dictating
they are dictating
Present perfect
I have dictated
you have dictated
he/she/it has dictated
we have dictated
you have dictated
they have dictated
Present perfect continuous
I have been dictating
you have been dictating
he/she/it has been dictating
we have been dictating
you have been dictating
they have been dictating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I dictated
you dictated
he/she/it dictated
we dictated
you dictated
they dictated
Past continuous
I was dictating
you were dictating
he/she/it was dictating
we were dictating
you were dictating
they were dictating
Past perfect
I had dictated
you had dictated
he/she/it had dictated
we had dictated
you had dictated
they had dictated
Past perfect continuous
I had been dictating
you had been dictating
he/she/it had been dictating
we had been dictating
you had been dictating
they had been dictating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will dictate
you will dictate
he/she/it will dictate
we will dictate
you will dictate
they will dictate
Future continuous
I will be dictating
you will be dictating
he/she/it will be dictating
we will be dictating
you will be dictating
they will be dictating
Future perfect
I will have dictated
you will have dictated
he/she/it will have dictated
we will have dictated
you will have dictated
they will have dictated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been dictating
you will have been dictating
he/she/it will have been dictating
we will have been dictating
you will have been dictating
they will have been dictating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would dictate
you would dictate
he/she/it would dictate
we would dictate
you would dictate
they would dictate
Conditional continuous
I would be dictating
you would be dictating
he/she/it would be dictating
we would be dictating
you would be dictating
they would be dictating
Conditional perfect
I would have dictate
you would have dictate
he/she/it would have dictate
we would have dictate
you would have dictate
they would have dictate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been dictating
you would have been dictating
he/she/it would have been dictating
we would have been dictating
you would have been dictating
they would have been dictating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you dictate
we let´s dictate
you dictate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to dictate
Past participle
dictated
Present Participle
dictating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DICTATE


acetate
ˈæsɪˌteɪt
autorotate
ˌɔːtəʊrəʊˈteɪt
constate
kənˈsteɪt
corotate
ˌkəʊrəʊˈteɪt
estate
ɪˈsteɪt
facilitate
fəˈsɪlɪˌteɪt
hesitate
ˈhɛzɪˌteɪt
imitate
ˈɪmɪˌteɪt
interstate
ˈɪntəˌsteɪt
mutate
mjuːˈteɪt
notate
nəʊˈteɪt
nutate
njuːˈteɪt
out-of-state
ˈaʊtəvˌsteɪt
prostate
ˈprɒsteɪt
redictate
ˌriːdɪkˈteɪt
rotate
rəʊˈteɪt
spectate
spɛkˈteɪt
state
steɪt
Tate
teɪt
upstate
ˈʌpˈsteɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DICTATE

dict
dicta
Dictaphone
dictates
dictation
dictation speed
dictational
dictator
dictatorial
dictatorially
dictatorialness
dictatorship
dictatory
dictatress
dictatrix
dictature
diction
dictional
dictionally
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WORDS THAT END LIKE DICTATE

calcium lactate
chief of state
city-state
coarctate
delectate
eructate
home State
humectate
industrial estate
lie in state
nictate
pectate
pernoctate
punctate
real estate
reluctate
secretary of state
solid-state
tractate
Under-Secretary of State

Synonyms and antonyms of dictate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DICTATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dictate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dictate

Translation of «dictate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DICTATE

Find out the translation of dictate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dictate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dictate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

口授
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

dictar
570 millions of speakers

English

dictate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हुक्म
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تملي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

диктовать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ditar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নির্দেশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dicter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mendikte
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

diktieren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

口述する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불러 주어 받아쓰게 하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dictate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ra lệnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முடிவெடுக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आज्ञा लावणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dikte
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dettare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dyktować
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

диктувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dicta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπαγορεύουν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dikteer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

diktera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

diktere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dictate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DICTATE»

The term «dictate» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.317 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DICTATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dictate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dictate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dictate

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10 QUOTES WITH «DICTATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dictate.
1
Tony Abbott
Faith is important to me. It's important to millions of Australians. It helps to shape who I am. It helps to shape my values. But it must never, never dictate my politics.
2
Ansel Adams
No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit.
3
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Weight gain can happen at any point in time, and it is something that you are dealing with anyway, and it is OK. It is ridiculous to have this dictate your very being because I have always said that it is not the outside that defines who you are.
4
J. G. Ballard
Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute.
5
Sean Booth
It's kind of like trying to make straight lines from curves, but involving shapes that sort of dictate what the curves are, if you like, and the difference between two separate pieces creates a third transitional piece if you like.
6
Zbigniew Brzezinski
We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.
7
Lauren Bush
Obviously, I've seen what the press has done to my cousins. I would never let that rule my life, but I'm not the kind of person to rebel or do things. I don't know. I don't let the potential for bad press dictate who I am, but I keep that in mind. How can you not?
8
Aimee Carter
Characters are incredibly important, but I tend to build them around the plot during the outline stage. However, once I'm writing the manuscript, the characters I'm writing dictate how the plot unfolds.
9
Alex Cox
The way that a handful of corporations in Los Angeles dictate how our stories are told creates a real poverty of imagination and it's a big problem.
10
Caleb Cushing
I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such method of deciding upon them as reason and principle shall dictate.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DICTATE»

Discover the use of dictate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dictate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dragon Dictate
The book then moves on to editing text documents, allowing readers to select, delete, capitalize and work with text. The book also covers having Dragon read text back to the user, allowing the user to proofread and edit dictated documents.
Maria Langer, 2011
2
The Choices We Make Dictate the Life We Lead: 105 Lessons to ...
If the reader takes even a few of these lessons and applies them to their own life, then the time spent reading this book will be more than worth it. In all, Daniels has 105 lessons.
Eric M. Daniels, 2012
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Healing Is in You: Don't Let Your Past Dictate Your Future
Then read this inspirational book about Rachaunn Gibson's own turn around. Her childhood included sexual abuse, molestation, rape, and promiscuity. It seemed like Rachaunn couldn't catch a break.
Rachaunn Gibson, 2011
4
Amino Acids in the Pore Region of Voltage-gated Potassium ...
Jing Zhu. moves toward the intracellular side of the membrane and pushes down the S4-S5 linker helices, which will then squeeze the inner helices and close the pore (Long et al., 2005b). £. Potassium channel diseases Mutations in K+ ...
Jing Zhu, 2007
5
Our God-breathed Book: The Bible
DICTATE. THE. BIBLE? Did God dictate the very words in the original autographs as men wrote them down? Webster says dictate comes from the Latin dictatus — "to say." He defines the word 1. To tell or utter so that another may write down.
John R. Rice, 1969
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A Careful & Strict Inquiry Into the Modern Prevailing ...
Dr. Samuel Clark, in his Demonstration of the Being: and Attributes of God,* to evade the argument to prove the necessity of volition, from its necessary Connection with the last dictate of the Understanding, supposes the latter not to be diverse ...
Jonathan Edwards, 1858
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Freedom of the Will
But this is absurd : for it is to make the determination of choice prior to the dictate of the understanding, and the ground of it, which cannot consist with the dictate of understanding's being the determination of choice itself. Here is no way to do in ...
Jonathan Edwards, 2001
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A Careful and Strict Enquiry Into the Modern Prevailing ...
But this is absurd ; for it is to make the Determination of Choice prior to the Dictate of Understanding, and the Ground of it; which can' c consist with the Dictate of Understanding's being the Determination of Choice it self. Here is no Way to do in ...
Jonathan Edwards, 1762
9
Planetary Clusters . How They Dictate Your Fate...and What ...
This groundbreaking book reveals how planetary clusters in one's birth chart influence the unconscious reactions and attitudes that dictate destiny. Curtis also explains how to harness the power of such clusters.
Randall Curtis, 2011
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Institutionalized Reason: The Jurisprudence of Robert Alexy
the explanation of the various properties of law, of law's coming into being, and of law's persistence, is law's being a dictate ofreason, that surely is not ofitselfsufficient basis to think that law is defective ifit fails to be a dictate ofreason. After all ...
Matthias Klatt, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DICTATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dictate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Brendon Goddard says he let scoreline dictate his effort in massive …
Essendon midfielder Brendon Goddard says the Bombers are at "rock bottom" and admitted that he let the scoreline dictate his effort during the ... «The Age, Jul 15»
2
UN-supported cyber norms dictate peace-, wartime-behavior
A U.N. group has agreed to a set of "cyberspace rules of the road," dictating international cyber relations. The representatives from 20 countries ... «FierceGovernmentIT, Jul 15»
3
Don't let boyfriend dictate when you move in together
Dear Carolyn: My boyfriend of two years wants us to move in together. I suspect we're getting engaged soon, so I see his point. But from early ... «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»
4
Tolerance for risk will dictate investment decisions - News-Sentinel …
Tolerance for risk will dictate investment decisions. Tuesday, July 7, 2015 - 10:12 am. Q.: My wife and I are both over 70 and get enough money from Social ... «News Sentinel, Jul 15»
5
Legal Aid vs private practice: do university fees dictate job choices?
Rosalind Dixon does not work for, consult to, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this ... «The Conversation AU, Jul 15»
6
Emma: Tempo should dictate Northwestern's offense
After an extended 4th of July weekend of friends, fireworks, beers, brats and bad decisions, we're getting closer to the season. In fact, Big Ten ... «247Sports, Jul 15»
7
Calzaghe: Pacquiao Allowed Mayweather To Dictate Pace
But he just let Mayweather dictate the pace and that's why [Mayweather] is a great fighter. He's an expert of timing and movement. He's very ... «BoxingScene.com, Jul 15»
8
Patients' immediate needs dictate EMTs next move
Despite Newnan being dubbed a “medical mecca,” there are times when people must be transported to Atlanta for more specialized and urgent ... «Newnan Times-Herald, Jul 15»
9
AG: Supreme Court cannot dictate how EC boss is appointed
The Supreme Court of Ghana cannot tell the President of the Republic how to appoint the Chairman of the Electoral Commission, the Attorney ... «Citifmonline, Jul 15»
10
Columnist: Raiders and A's shouldn't dictate to Oakland residents
Maybe the Raiders won't accept such harsh financial terms. But that doesn't mean the City of Oakland should foot the rest of the bill to keep ... «FOXSports.com, Jun 15»

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