"dictate" meaning in English

See dictate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɪkˌteɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dictate2.wav Forms: dictates [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dictātus, perfect passive participle of dictō (“pronounce or declare repeatedly; dictate”), frequentative of dīcō (“say, speak”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deyḱ-}}, {{bor|en|la|dictātus}} Latin dictātus Head templates: {{en-noun}} dictate (plural dictates)
  1. An order or command. Categories (topical): Dictation Translations (an order or command): إملاء (Arabic), заповед (zapoved) [feminine] (Bulgarian), нареждане (nareždane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), диктат (diktat) [masculine] (Bulgarian), orde [feminine] (Galician), Diktat [neuter] (German), Gebot [neuter] (German), parancs (Hungarian), diktátum (Hungarian), dettame (Italian), हुकुम (hukum) [masculine] (Marathi), ordem [feminine] (Portuguese), comando [masculine] (Portuguese), веле́ние (velénije) [neuter] (Russian), дикта́т (diktát) [masculine] (Russian), orden [feminine] (Spanish), buyruk (Turkish), buyuru (Turkish), dikta (Turkish), emir (Turkish), ferman (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dictate-en-noun-UOKcC4db Disambiguation of Dictation: 14 31 29 27

Verb

IPA: /ˌdɪkˈteɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈdɪkˌteɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dictate.wav Forms: dictates [present, singular, third-person], dictating [participle, present], dictated [participle, past], dictated [past]
Rhymes: -eɪt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dictātus, perfect passive participle of dictō (“pronounce or declare repeatedly; dictate”), frequentative of dīcō (“say, speak”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deyḱ-}}, {{bor|en|la|dictātus}} Latin dictātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} dictate (third-person singular simple present dictates, present participle dictating, simple past and past participle dictated)
  1. To order, command, control. Categories (topical): Dictation, Directives, Talking Translations (to order, command, control): أَمْلَى (ʔamlā) (Arabic), diktə etmək (Azerbaijani), командвам (komandvam) (Bulgarian), нареждам (nareždam) (Bulgarian), sanella (Finnish), diktieren (German), bestimmen (German), vorschreiben (German), הכתיב (hikhtív) (Hebrew), diktál (Hungarian), imporre (Italian), comandare (Italian), whakatopatopa (Maori), dyktować [imperfective] (Polish), podyktować [perfective] (Polish), ordenar (Portuguese), comandar (Portuguese), controlar (Portuguese), кома́ндовать (komándovatʹ) (Russian), предпи́сывать (predpísyvatʹ) (Russian), ordenar (Spanish), diktahan (Tagalog), dikte etmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dictate-en-verb-igfWC2Hk Disambiguation of Dictation: 14 31 29 27 Disambiguation of Directives: 2 55 31 12 Disambiguation of Talking: 2 49 29 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 54 33 13 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 2 51 34 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 55 31 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 1 46 26 12 10 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 49 27 11 10 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 2 54 30 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 2 54 29 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 2 54 29 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 2 53 29 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 2 54 29 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 1 53 28 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 2 54 29 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 2 55 30 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 2 53 30 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 2 53 29 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 2 51 33 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 1 55 28 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 1 56 28 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 2 54 30 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 2 54 29 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 2 55 30 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 2 48 33 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 2 54 30 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 2 54 29 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 1 62 25 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 52 32 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 1 54 29 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 2 54 30 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 1 54 29 15 Disambiguation of 'to order, command, control': 83 12 4
  2. To speak in order for someone to write down the words. Categories (topical): Dictation Translations (to speak in order for someone to write down the words): أَمْلَى (ʔamlā) (Arabic), أَكْتَبَ (ʔaktaba) (Arabic), söyləyib yazdırmaq (Azerbaijani), deyib yazdırmaq (Azerbaijani), diktə etmək (Azerbaijani), диктувам (diktuvam) (Bulgarian), 听写 (tīngxiě) (Chinese Mandarin), diktovat (Czech), sanella (Finnish), dicter (French), diktieren (German), הכתיב (hikhtív) (Hebrew), diktál (Hungarian), tollba mond (Hungarian), deachtaigh (Irish), dettare (Italian), dictō (Latin), āhukareo (Maori), dyktować [imperfective] (Polish), podyktować [perfective] (Polish), ditar (Portuguese), dicta (Romanian), диктова́ть (diktovátʹ) (Russian), dictar (Spanish), diktera (Swedish), dikte etmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dictate-en-verb-abAz0uH3 Disambiguation of Dictation: 14 31 29 27 Disambiguation of 'to speak in order for someone to write down the words': 11 85 3
  3. To determine or decisively affect. Categories (topical): Dictation
    Sense id: en-dictate-en-verb-tbuUEtJS Disambiguation of Dictation: 14 31 29 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dictation, dictator Related terms: diktat

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "1977 August 20, David Holland, quoting Tony Bosco, “Tony Bosco”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 7, page 19:",
          "text": "I didn't lay this bar, or the restaurant for that matter, out on paper. The design was dictated by the materials.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To determine or decisively affect."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "determine",
          "determine"
        ],
        [
          "decisively",
          "decisively"
        ],
        [
          "affect",
          "affect"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdɪkˈteɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɪkˌteɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪt"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔamlā",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "أَمْلَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "diktə etmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "komandvam",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "командвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nareždam",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "нареждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "sanella"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "diktieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "bestimmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "vorschreiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hikhtív",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "הכתיב"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "diktál"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "imporre"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "comandare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "whakatopatopa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dyktować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "podyktować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "ordenar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "comandar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "controlar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "komándovatʹ",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "кома́ндовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predpísyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "предпи́сывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "ordenar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "diktahan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to order, command, control",
      "word": "dikte etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔamlā",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "أَمْلَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaktaba",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "أَكْتَبَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "söyləyib yazdırmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "deyib yazdırmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "diktə etmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "diktuvam",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "диктувам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tīngxiě",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "听写"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "diktovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "sanella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "dicter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "diktieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hikhtív",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "הכתיב"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "diktál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "tollba mond"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "deachtaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "dettare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "dictō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "āhukareo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dyktować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "podyktować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "ditar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "dicta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diktovátʹ",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "диктова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "dictar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "diktera"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to speak in order for someone to write down the words",
      "word": "dikte etmek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dictate"
}

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