dictate
/ˈdɪk·teɪt/, /dɪkˈteɪt/ v [T] (GIVE ORDERS)Definition
› to give orders, or state something with total authority: [+ question word] Tennis club rules dictate what kind of footwear may be worn on the courts. › To dictate also means to make necessary: The characteristics of the land dictate much of what can be built.
(Definition of dictate v (GIVE ORDERS) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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dice pl n GAME
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dice v CUT
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dicey adj
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dichotomy n
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dicker v
- dictate v GIVE ORDERS
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dictate v SPEAK
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dictation n
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dictator n
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dictatorship n
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diction n
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