dictate

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Synonyms: nictate, dictat, dictyate

Antonyms: nictate, dictat, dictyate

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Noun

1. An order or command.
   • I must obey the dictates of my conscience.

Verb

1. To order, command, control.
   • Etiquette dictates that wedding invitations should be acknowledged in writing.
2. 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.
3. To determine or decisively affect.
   • We issue replacements as necessity dictates.

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