English-Norwegian translations for dictate

• diktere

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