Associations to the word «Dictate»

Wiktionary

DICTATE, noun. An order or command.
DICTATE, verb. To order, command, control.
DICTATE, verb. To speak in order for someone to write down the words.

Dictionary definition

DICTATE, noun. An authoritative rule.
DICTATE, noun. A guiding principle; "the dictates of reason".
DICTATE, verb. Issue commands or orders for.
DICTATE, verb. Say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary".
DICTATE, verb. Rule as a dictator.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley