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Definition of dictate noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dictate

noun
 
/ˈdɪkteɪt/
 
/ˈdɪkteɪt/
 [usually plural] (formal)
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  1. an order or a rule that you must obey
    • to follow the dictates of fashion
    Topics Permission and obligationc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent. (in sense (1)): from Latin dictat- ‘dictated’, from the verb dictare.
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