"dictate" meaning in English

See dictate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɪkˌteɪt/ [US], /ˌdɪkˈteɪt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dictate.wav [UK] Forms: dictate [canonical], dictates [third-person, singular], dictated [past], dictated [past, participle], dictating [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|dictat|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you dictate a document (something written), you say the words so another person can write or type them.
    Sense id: simple-dictate-en-verb-IWdnD3ty
  2. If X dictates Y, X requires Y, or X causes Y.
    Sense id: simple-dictate-en-verb-w2bXDZuX
     
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          "text": "Circumstances dictate that we must be ready to fight."
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          "text": "Circumstances dictate that we must be ready to fight."
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