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Dictate: meaning in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Oxford University Press, Oxford University Press, 2026
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- What it is
- The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary entry for the verb dictate. It gives the sense of saying words for somebody else to write down or to be recorded, and the sense of telling somebody what to do.
- How much weight it carries
- A widely used learner's dictionary from Oxford University Press. It records how the verb is used in English, not how software works.
Facts taken from this source
- The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary defines dictate, as a verb, as saying words for somebody else to write down or to be recorded.
“to say words for somebody else to write down or to be recorded” (Entry for dictate (verb), first sense)