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'dictate' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'dictate' with 8 example sentences.


dictate noun

: an authoritative rule

: a guiding principle

dictate verb

: issue commands or orders for

: say out loud for the purpose of recording

: rule as a dictator


  • Write down what I am going to dictate.
  • Do as your heart dictates.
  • He dictated several letters to his secretary.
  • He did what his conscience dictated.
  • The schedule dictates that this work be done by the weekend.
  • That's what the law dictates.
  • Don't dictate your rules on me.
  • The life of the city was dictated by the mine.
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