dictate
dictate Lexical Profile
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• verb
To state or order authoritatively; to lay down rules or terms unconditionally.
"The dominant firm was able to dictate pricing terms across the entire supply chain."
To control, determine, or decisively influence the way something happens.
"Seasonal weather patterns largely dictate when farmers plant and harvest their crops."
To say or read aloud words to be typed, written down, or recorded by another person or a machine.
"The physician used voice-recognition software to dictate her clinical notes after each appointment."
• noun
An authoritative order, decree, or guiding principle that must be obeyed (usually used in the plural).
"She always tried to act in accordance with the dictates of her own conscience."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dictatus, the past participle of dictare ('to say often, prescribe, or write down'), which is the frequentative form of dicere ('to say or speak').