Overview of verb dictate

The verb dictate has 3 senses

• order, prescribe, dictate -- (issue commands or orders for)


• dictate -- (say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary")


• dictate -- (rule as a dictator)

Overview of adj dictated

The adj dictated has 1 sense

• determined, dictated, set -- (determined or decided upon as by an authority; "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching")