English-Finnish translations for dictate

• sanella
  Voimmeko sanella Yhdistyneiden Kansakuntien kokoonpanon? Can we dictate the composition of the UN?
  Tätä kehitystä ei tule sanella EU: sta käsin. Such measures should not be dictated by the EU.
  En haluaisi noin vain sanella päivämäärää. I would not like to dictate a date just like that.
• diktaatti
  Urho Kekkonen huomautti, että YYA-sopimus oli Paasikiven diktaatti.

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