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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky