An order or command.

To order, command, control. / To speak in order for someone to write down the words. / To determine or decisively affect.

simple past tense and past participle of dictate

plural of dictate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dictate

A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government.

present participle of dictate

(uncountable) Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words. / (countable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down.

plural of dictator

of, or pertaining to dictation