English-Thai Dictionary

dictate

VI ควบคุม  สั่งการ  compel rule command kuab-kum

 

dictate

VI บอก ให้ เขียน ตาม  record verbalize bok-hai-kian-tam

 

dictate

VT ควบคุม  สั่งการ  compel rule command kuab-kum

 

dictate

VT บอก ให้ เขียน ตาม  bok-hai-kian-tam

 

dictate to

PHRV บอก ให้ จด ตาม  บอก ให้ เขียน ตาม  bok-hai-jod-tam

 

dictate to

PHRV สั่ง  บังคับ  sang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DICTATE

v.t.[L., to speak. ] 1. To tell with authority; to deliver, as an order, command, or direction; as, what God has dictated, it is our duty to believe.
2. To order or instruct what is to be said or written; as, a general dictates orders to his troops.
3. To suggest; to admonish; to direct by impulse on the mind. We say, the spirit of God dictated the messages of the prophets to Israel. Conscience often dictates to men the rules by which they are to govern their conduct.

 

DICTATE

n. 1. An order delivered; a command.
2. A rule, maxim or precept, delivered with authority.
I credit what the Grecian dictates say.
3. Suggestion; rule or direction suggested to the mind; as the dictates of reason or conscience.

 

DICTATED

pp. Delivered with authority; ordered; directed; suggested.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DICTATE

Dic "tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dictated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dictating. ]Etym: [L. dictatus, p. p. of dictare, freq. of dicere to say. See Diction, and cf. Dight. ]

 

1. To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis. The mind which dictated the Iliad. Wayland. Pages dictated by the Holy Spirit. Macaulay.

 

2. To say; to utter; to communicate authoritatively; to deliver (a command ) to a subordinate; to declare with authority; to impose; as, to dictate the terms of a treaty; a general dictates orders to his troops. Whatsoever is dictated to us by God must be believed. Watts.

 

Syn. -- To suggest; prescribe; enjoin; command; point out; urge; admonish.

 

DICTATE

DICTATE Dic "tate, v. i.

 

1. To speak as a superior; to command; to impose conditions (on ). Who presumed to dictate to the sovereign. Macaulay.

 

2. To compose literary works; to tell what shall be written or said by another. Sylla could not skill of letters, and therefore knew not how to dictate. Bacon.

 

DICTATE

Dic "tate, n. Etym: [L. dictatum. See Dictate, v. t.]

 

Defn: A statement delivered with authority; an order; a command; an authoritative rule, principle, or maxim; a prescription; as, listen to the dictates of your conscience; the dictates of the gospel. I credit what the Grecian dictates say. Prior.

 

Syn. -- Command; injunction; direction suggestion; impulse; admonition.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dictate

dic tate |ˈdikˌtāt ˈdɪkˌteɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 lay down authoritatively; prescribe: the tsar's attempts to dictate policy | [ no obj. ] : that doesn't give you the right to dictate to me. • control or decisively affect; determine: choice is often dictated by availability | [ no obj. ] : a review process can be changed as circumstances dictate . 2 say or read aloud (words to be typed, written down, or recorded on tape ): I have four letters to dictate. ▶noun |ˈdɪkteɪt | (usu. dictates ) an order or principle that must be obeyed: the dictates of fashion. ORIGIN late 16th cent. ( sense 2 of the verb ): from Latin dictat- ‘dictated, ’ from the verb dictare.

 

Oxford Dictionary

dictate

dic |tate ▶verb |dɪkˈteɪt | [ with obj. ] 1 state or order authoritatively: the tsar's attempts to dictate policy | [ no obj. ] : that doesn't give you the right to dictate to me. • control or decisively affect; determine: choice is often dictated by availability | [ no obj. ] : a review process can be changed as circumstances dictate . 2 say or read aloud (words to be typed, written down, or recorded on tape ): I have four letters to dictate. ▶noun |ˈdɪkteɪt | (usu. dictates ) an order or principle that must be obeyed: the dictates of fashion. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (in sense 2 of the verb ): from Latin dictat- ‘dictated ’, from the verb dictare.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dictate

dictate verb 1 the president's attempts to dictate policy: prescribe, lay down, impose, set down, order, command, decree, ordain, direct, determine, decide, control, govern. 2 you are in no position to dictate to me: give orders to, order around /about, lord it over; lay down the law to; informal boss around /about, push around /about; (dictate to someone ) throw one's weight around /about. 3 choice is often dictated by availability: determine, control, govern, decide, influence, affect. ▶noun the dictates of his superior: order, command, commandment, decree, edict, ruling, dictum, diktat, directive, direction, instruction, pronouncement, mandate, requirement, stipulation, injunction, demand; formal ordinance; literary behest.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dictate

dictate verb |(stress on the second syllable ) | 1 he sent for his secretary and dictated a letter: say aloud, utter, speak, read out, read aloud, recite. ANTONYMS write. 2 the government's official position is dictated by the prime minister: prescribe, lay down, impose, set down, set out; order, command, decree, ordain, direct, pronounce, enjoin, promulgate; determine, decide, influence, affect, choose, control, govern. 3 my daughter is always dictating to her friends: give orders to, order about /around, boss (about /around ), impose one's will on, lord it over, bully, domineer, dominate, tyrannize, oppress, ride roughshod over, control, pressurize, browbeat; lay down the law, act the tin god; informal push around /about, bulldoze, walk all over; call the shots, throw one's weight about /around. ▶noun |(stress on the first syllable ) | 1 he showed blind obedience to the dictates of his superior: order, command, decree, edict, rule, ruling, ordinance, dictum, directive, direction, instruction, pronouncement, mandate, requirement, stipulation, injunction, ultimatum, demand, exhortation; (dictates ) bidding, request, charge, promulgation; in Tsarist Russia ukase; in Spanish-speaking countries pronunciamento; informal say-so; literary behest; archaic hest; rare rescript. 2 the dictates of fashion: principle, guiding principle, code, canon, law, rule, regulation, precept, dictum, axiom, maxim.

 

French Dictionary

dictateur

dictateur , trice n. m. et f. nom masculin et féminin Personne qui gouverne un pays sans contrôle démocratique. SYNONYME despote .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dictate

dic tate /dɪ́kteɪt |--́ /〖原義は 「口に出して言う 」〗動詞 ～s /-ts /; ～d /-ɪd /; -tating 他動詞 1 〈人が 〉【人などに 】〈文章 手紙など 〉を書き取らせる , 口述する «to » ; 【テープレコーダーなどに 】〈文章など 〉を記録する «into » ▸ I dictated a message to my secretary .秘書に伝言を書き取らせた 2 〈人が 〉【人などに 】〈仕事 命令など 〉を 厳しく命令する , 押しつける, (頭ごなしに )指令する «to » ; 〖～ that節 /wh節 句 〗…ということ […すべきか ]を指示する (!that節内の 動詞 の形については →suggest 他動詞 語法 ) ▸ The unfavorable terms were dictated to me .私はその不利な条件を押しつけられた ▸ The company dictates what the employees should wear .その会社は社員の服装を規定している 3 〈物事が 〉…に影響する, …を決定づける ; 〖～ wh節 /that節 〗…か […ということ ]に影響する ▸ My mood dictates what I wear .私はその時の気分で何を着て行くかを決める 自動詞 1 【人などに 】書き取らせる , 口述する «to » ▸ dictate to a secretary 秘書に口述する 2 【人などに 】(厳しく )命令する, (強制的に )指示する «to » (!受け身にできる ) ▸ I don't want to be dictated to .指図は受けたくない 3 〈物事が 〉影響 [決定 ]する .名詞 C ｟かたく ｠〖通例 ～s 〗(従うべき良心 理性などの )命令, 指示, 原理 ▸ follow [obey ] the dictates 命令に従う