Definition: 1. An authoritative rule. 2. A guiding principle. 3. Issue commands or orders for. 4. Say out loud for the purpose of recording. 5. Rule as a dictator.
Use 'dictate' in a sentence:
1. We're giving up too much control by letting Balawi dictate events.
2. What right do they have to dictate how we live our lives?
3. It's generally your job that dictates where you live now.
4. We have followed the dictates of our consciences and have done our duty.
5. They are in no position to dictate terms.
6. The choice that does this is "dictate".
7. We don't want to dictate exactly everything a service needs to do.
8. Why does money dictate our passion or in most cases, kill it?
9. I try not to dictate it, not to play God.
10. The rarity of hair colour will dictate the price.
11. They couldn't believe that somebody could dictate that.
12. Capabilities dictate what kind of data can flow through a pad.
13. There were allocated by dictate of the central government.
14. Fashion gurus dictate crazy ideas such as squeezing oversized bodies into tight trousers.
15. He'll be his own man and won't be dictated to.
16. Don't let anyone else dictate what goes on it.
17. Their job is to ensure that the dictates of the Party are followed.
18. Encrypt the request if the security policies dictate it.
19. He had warned the West against trying to dictate to the Soviet Union.
20. Even our neighbours cannot dictate to us.
21. Commonsense now dictates that it would be wise to sell a few shares.
22. Your needs (money, shelter, clothing) dictate what you must do.
23. Everything he dictated was signed and sent out the same day.
24. She refused to be dictated to by anyone.
25. Individual needs and experience will dictate your choice here.
26. But, he added, the script would dictate the ultimate response.
27. He cannot be allowed to dictate what can and cannot be inspected.
28. Circumstances dictated that they played a defensive rather than attacking game.
29. Sheldon writes every day of the week, dictating his novels in the morning.
30. The government tried to dictate to people how they should spend their money.
31. You can not dictate to your daughter how she should study.
32. As we grow up, we learn to control our emotions so they are manageable and don't dictate our behaviours, which is in many ways a good thing.
33. The officers were more or less able to dictate terms to successive governments.
34. What right has one country to dictate the environmental standards of another?
35. He always follows the dictates of common sense.
36. What right have you to dictate to others?
37. As we grow up, we learn to control our emotions so they are manageable and don't dictate our behaviors, which is in many ways a good thing.
38. Decrypt the request if the security policies dictate it.
39. Guide and advise rather than direct and dictate how the child's money should be used.
40. What right have you to dictate to other countries?
41. I've got a long report I must dictate.
42. In searching for norms in the sense of authoritative standards of what ought to be, rather than in the sense of what is average and thus can be considered normal, normative ethics aims to dictate.
43. This might dictate the deployment strategy for the service.
44. The way in which they dress is dictated by very rigid fashion rules.
45. When we take our vacations is very much dictated by Greg's work schedule.
46. The film's budget dictated a tough schedule.
47. The Emily Post Institute doesn't dictate manners.
48. He dictated a letter to his secretary.
49. Tradition dictates that girls should be married off early.
50. What gives them the right to dictate to us what we should eat?
51. The rules of court dictate that a defendant is entitled to all evidence which may help his case.
52. Of course, a number of factors will dictate how long an apple tree can survive.
53. Thus the correct answer is dictate.
54. Besides, the Emily Post Institute doesn't dictate manners.
55. This was not an easy decision. It is, however, a decision that we feel is dictated by our duty.
