DICTATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does dictate mean?
• DICTATE (noun)
The noun DICTATE has 2 senses:
1. an authoritative rule
2. a guiding principle
Familiarity information: DICTATE used as a noun is rare.
• DICTATE (verb)
The verb DICTATE has 3 senses:
1. issue commands or orders for
2. say out loud for the purpose of recording
3. rule as a dictator
Familiarity information: DICTATE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• DICTATE (noun)
Meaning:
An authoritative rule
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dictate" is a kind of...):
prescript; rule (prescribed guide for conduct or action)
Meaning:
A guiding principle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
the dictates of reason
Hypernyms ("dictate" is a kind of...):
principle (a basic truth or law or assumption)
• DICTATE (verb)
Meaning:
Issue commands or orders for
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
dictate; prescribe; order
Hypernyms (to "dictate" is one way to...):
bring down; impose; inflict; visit (impose something unpleasant)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dictate"):
mandate (make mandatory)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s to somebody
Meaning:
Say out loud for the purpose of recording
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
He dictated a report to his secretary
Hypernyms (to "dictate" is one way to...):
read (look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Rule as a dictator
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "dictate" is one way to...):
govern; rule (exercise authority over; as of nations)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "dictate"):
grind down; tyrannise; tyrannize (rule a country as a tyrant)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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