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- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| pronunciation: |
dIk
teIt
[or]
dIk
teIt
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| inflections: |
dictates, dictating, dictated |
| definition 1: |
to say or read aloud for someone to write down or for a machine to record.
She dictated several letters to her secretary.- synonyms:
- read
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| definition 2: |
to state or order with authority.
The company owners dictate what the workers are allowed to do.- synonyms:
- command, decree, demand, direct, impose, ordain, order
- similar words:
- boss, determine, instruct, set, state
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| related words: |
bid, command, decree, direct, tell |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
dIk
teIt
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| definition: |
(often plural) a rule or requirement that guides or controls what one does.
If you follow the dictates of common sense, you will not make so many mistakes.- synonyms:
- demand
- similar words:
- principle, requirement
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| related words: |
law, mandate, word |
| derivation: |
dictatingly (adv.) |
The word dictate
contains the following parts:
dic, dict
Latin
root
that means speak, declare
  Example words:
abdicate, addict, addiction, contradict, contradictory, dedicate, dictate, dictator, dictionary, indicate, indict, predicate, predict, prediction, verdict
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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