dictate

dictate
1. transitive & intransitive verb
diktieren; (prescribe) vorschreiben

dictate to — Vorschriften machen (+ Dat.)

I will not be dictated to — ich lasse mir keine Vorschriften machen

2. noun, usu. in pl.
Diktat, das
* * *
[dik'teit, ](American[) 'dikteit]
verb
1) (to say or read out (something) for someone else to write down: He always dictates his letters (to his secretary).) diktieren
2) (to state officially or with authority: He dictated the terms of our offer.) vorschreiben
3) (to give orders to; to command: I certainly won't be dictated to by you (= I won't do as you say).) befehlen
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- dictator
- dictatorship
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dic·tate
[dɪkˈteɪt, AM ˈdɪk-]
I. vt
▪ to \dictate sth
1. (command) etw befehlen [o anordnen] [o geh diktieren
2. (make necessary) etw bestimmen [o notwendig machen] [o geh diktieren
3. a letter, memo etw diktieren
II. vi
1. (command) befehlen, anordnen
▪ to \dictate to sb jdm Vorschriften machen, jdn herumkommandieren fam
I will not be \dictated to in this manner! so lasse ich mich nicht herumkommandieren!
2. (to a secretary) diktieren
to \dictate into a machine in ein Gerät diktieren, auf Band sprechen
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[dIk'teɪt]
1. vt
diktieren

reason/common sense dictates that ... — die Vernunft/der gesunde Menschenverstand sagt uns, dass ...

2. vi
diktieren['dIkteɪt]
3. n usu pl
Diktat nt; (of reason) Gebote pl
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dictate [dıkˈteıt; US besonders ˈdıkteıt]
A v/t (to dat)
1. einen Brief etc diktieren
2. diktieren:
a) vorschreiben, gebieten:
necessity dictates it die Not gebietet es
b) auferlegen, aufzwingen
c) SPORT das Spiel bestimmen
3. fig eingeben, -flößen
B v/i
1. diktieren (to dat), ein Diktat geben:
dictating machine Diktiergerät n
2. diktieren, befehlen, herrschen:
dictate to sb jemanden beherrschen, jemandem Befehle geben;
he will not be dictated to er lässt sich keine Vorschriften machen;
as the situation dictates wie es die Lage gebietet oder erfordert
C s [ˈdıkteıt] Gebot n, Befehl m, Diktat n:
the dictates pl of conscience (reason) das Gebot des Gewissens (der Vernunft);
follow the dictates of one’s conscience (heart) seinem Gewissen (Herzen) folgen
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1. transitive & intransitive verb
diktieren; (prescribe) vorschreiben

dictate to — Vorschriften machen (+ Dat.)

I will not be dictated to — ich lasse mir keine Vorschriften machen

2. noun, usu. in pl.
Diktat, das
* * *
n.
Befehl -e m.
Diktat -e n.
Zwang ¨-e m. v.
diktieren v.

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