Betekenis van dictate In het Nederlands

• 0 to give orders, or tell someone exactly what they must do, with total authority:

  • The UN will dictate the terms of troop withdrawal from the region.

  • [ + question word ] He disagrees with the government dictating what children are taught in schools.

  • [ + that ] The rules dictate that only running shoes must be worn on the track.

  • The party's change of policy has been dictated by its need to win back younger voters.

  • [ + that ] I wanted to take a year off, but my financial situation dictated that I got a job.

• 1 to speak something aloud for a person or machine to record what is said, so that it can be written down:

  • I dictated my order over the phone.

  • She spent the morning dictating letters to her secretary.

• 2 an order that should be obeyed, often one that you give to yourself:

  • the dictates of conscience/common sense

• 3 to give orders, or state something with total authority:

  • [ + question word ] Tennis club rules dictate what kind of footwear may be worn on the courts.

  • The characteristics of the land dictate much of what can be built.

• 4 to say something aloud for another person or for a machine to record, so that your words can be prepared in writing for use in business or a legal case:

  • [ T ] She spent the morning dictating letters.

• 5 to speak something aloud for a person or machine to record, so that what is said can be written down:

  • dictate a letter/memo/reply to sb I dictated a memo to my assistant, to be sent to all staff.

• 6 to decide and say what will happen, usually in a forceful way:

  • dictate terms/conditions At that time the trade unions were allowed to dictate terms, and nothing happened without their agreement.

  • dictate how/when/what, etc. The government shouldn't dictate how we run our businesses.

• 7 to influence something or make it necessary:

  • The rise in fuel prices was dictated by the market.