No one shall dictate to me.
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Dictate
//ˈdɪkˌteɪt//
Synonyms for "dictate" (177 found)
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77 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- إملاء noun (an order or command)
- أَكْتَبَ verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
- أَمْلَى verb (to order, command, control)
- أَمْلَى verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- deyib yazdırmaq verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
- diktə etmək verb (to order, command, control)
- diktə etmək verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
- söyləyib yazdırmaq verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
Bulgarian
4 entries- диктат noun (an order or command)
- заповед noun (an order or command)
- нареждане noun (an order or command)
- диктувам verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 听写 verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
- 命令 verb (to order, command, control)
- 要求 verb (to order, command, control)
- 規定 /规定 verb (to order, command, control)
Czech
1 entries- diktovat verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
Finnish
2 entries- sanella verb (to order, command, control)
- sanella verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
French
1 entries- dicter verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
Galician
1 entries- orde noun (an order or command)
German
4 entries- Diktat noun (an order or command)
- Gebot noun (an order or command)
- bestimmen verb (to order, command, control)
- diktieren verb (to order, command, control)
Hebrew
2 entries- הכתיב verb (to order, command, control)
- הכתיב verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
Hungarian
4 entries- diktátum noun (an order or command)
- parancs noun (an order or command)
- diktál verb (to order, command, control)
- diktál verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
Irish
1 entries- deachtaigh verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
Italian
4 entries- dettame noun (an order or command)
- comandare verb (to order, command, control)
- dettare verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
- imporre verb (to order, command, control)
Kazakh
3 entries- айтып жаздыру verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
- бұйрық беру verb (to order, command, control)
- пәрмен беру verb (to order, command, control)
Latin
1 entries- dictō verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
Marathi
1 entries- हुकुम noun (an order or command)
Māori
2 entries- whakatopatopa verb (to order, command, control)
- āhukareo verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
Polish
4 entries- nakaz noun (an order or command)
- dyktować verb (to order, command, control)
- dyktować verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
- podyktować verb (to order, command, control)
Portuguese
4 entries- comando noun (an order or command)
- ordem noun (an order or command)
- comandar verb (to order, command, control)
- controlar verb (to order, command, control)
Romanian
1 entries- dicta verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
Russian
4 entries- веле́ние noun (an order or command)
- дикта́т noun (an order or command)
- диктова́ть verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
- кома́ндовать verb (to order, command, control)
Spanish
3 entries- dictado noun (an order or command)
- dictar verb (to order, command, control)
- dictar verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
Swedish
1 entries- diktera verb (to speak in order for someone to write down the words)
Tagalog
1 entries- diktahan verb (to order, command, control)
Turkish
4 entries- buyruk noun (an order or command)
- buyuru noun (an order or command)
- dikta noun (an order or command)
- emir noun (an order or command)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
I can't keep up with you. Could you dictate a bit slower?
Source: tatoeba (1155877)
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
Source: tatoeba (1479294)
Friends, don't be constantly in fear of the unthinkingly critical, grimacing conventional world, but always act as your conscience and heart dictate.
Source: tatoeba (2802476)
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