English-Czech translations for dictate

• diktovat
  Myslí si, že politici by měli diktovat, kolik hodin můžete pracovat. They believe politicians should dictate how many hours you can work.
  Proto bychom neměli Egypťanům diktovat, koho by si měli zvolit. Therefore, we should not dictate to the Egyptians who they should elect.
  My, jako politici, nemůžeme diktovat množství hodin přesčasu, po které může člověk pracovat. We, as politicians, cannot dictate the amount of overtime hours one can work.

Definition of dictate

• An order or command
• To order, command, control
• To speak in order for someone to write down the words

Examples

• I must obey the dictates of my conscience.
• She is dictating a letter to a stenographer.
• The French teacher dictated a passage from Victor Hugo.

Related words

• dictator
• dictation
• dictatorship
• dictatorial
• dictated
• dictatorialness
• dictatorially
• dictature
• dictatrix