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:
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:
5 to speak something aloud for a person or machine to record, so that what is said can be written down:
6 to decide and say what will happen, usually in a forceful way:
Many people feel they must do whatever their doctor dictates, and never question the advice they are given.
After dictating what is to be done, she then leaves her husband to do all the work!
When I went to the hairdresser, my mum just dictated how it was to be cut.
He shouldn't be allowed to dictate all the terms and conditions - it's supposed to be a democratic decision.
Emulation of foreign models was always tempered by patriotic priorities and the dictates of local circumstances, necessarily resulting in intellectual hybridity.
What is certain is that in cases where judiciary is true to the dictates of its law, the extra-judicial sphere gets activated.
They do so by imposing rules dictating the individual steps in the interaction and the information revealed by the agents during the interaction.
The paper noted that educational reforms in the country are dictated down from the authorities with little input from the public at large.
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