Dictate Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Dictate has 7 different meanings across 2 categories:

Definitions

Noun

an authoritative rule

"The new policy will dictate strict dress codes for all employees starting next Monday."

dictate

a guiding principle

"the dictates of reason"

dictate

An order or command.

"The manager decided to dictate a strict new schedule for all employees starting Monday morning."

Verb

issue commands or orders for

"The general officer will dictate his marching orders to the squad before dawn."

order prescribe dictate

say out loud for the purpose of recording

"He dictated a report to his secretary"

dictate

rule as a dictator

"The coup leaders installed a general to dictate over the nation's resources and suppress any opposition."

dictate

To order, command, control.

"The boss decided to dictate every detail of our daily schedule down to the minute."