Definitions For Dictate

noun

  • A guiding principle
  • An authoritative rule
  • An order or direction given with authority
  • A rule or principle that guides something (such as an activity or a person's behavior)

verb

  • Say out loud for the purpose of recording
  • Issue commands or orders for
  • Rule as a dictator
  • To speak or read (something) to a person who writes it down or to a machine that records it
  • To say or state (something) with authority or power
  • To make (something) necessary

Is Dictate a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
11

The word Dictate is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Dictate in a Sentence

  • She's dictating a letter to her secretary.
  • They insisted on being able to dictate the terms of surrender.
  • Tradition dictates that the youngest member should go first.
  • A starchily worded dictate from on high concerning the company's dress code

Synonyms for Dictate

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