dictate
🇬🇧 UK/'dikteit/🇺🇸 US
IELTSTOEFLGREC1
Definitions
v.
To give orders or commands; to speak aloud for someone else to write down; to determine or control
命令,口授,支配,决定
n.
An authoritative order or guiding principle
命令,指令,指示
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedExample Sentences
- 1.
The manager dictated the new company policy to all staff members.
- 2.
I refuse to let circumstances dictate my future decisions.