English-Swedish translations for dictate

• diktera
  Detta dikteras av geografiska och även av geopolitiska omständigheter.This is dictated by the geography, and also by the geopolitics.
  Denna utveckling skall inte dikteras från EU.Such measures should not be dictated by the EU.
  Det går inte att diktera lösningar från Moskva.It is not possible for Moscow to dictate solutions.

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