dictate

Meaning

Noun

An order or command.

Verb

1. To order, command, control.
2. To speak in order for someone to write down the words.
3. To determine or decisively affect.

Synonyms

command

order

prescribe

impose

bid

govern

decree

dictation

mandate

tell

rule

bidding

demand

behest

compel

direct

commandment

writ

depotize

domineer

directive

edict

oppress

enjoin

precept

prescript

fiat

procure

prompt

book

📖

reign

imperative

set

control

injunction

tyrannize

ultimatum

utter

verbalize

word of command

prohibition

read loud

appoint

program line

commandant

commission

condition

constitute

cut

determine

Translations

dicter

dettare

diktieren

dictar

ditar

mandar

dettame

prescrever

ordinare

vorschreiben

Diktat

befehlen

υπαγορεύω

commander

ordre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɪkˌteɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1581; borrowed from Latin dictātum (“a thing said, something dictated”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of dictātus, the perfect passive participle of dictō (“pronounce or declare repeatedly; dictate”), frequentative of dīcō (“say, speak”). Doublet of diktat.