dictate to

dictate to (one)

1. To speak to one who will reproduce the message in a written document. In this usage, "dictate to" is a set phrase. I just finished dictating that memo to my secretary, and she is typing it up right now.

2. To exert control over someone or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "dictate" and "to." Don't try to dictate the terms of this contract to me! I have a say in it, too, you know.

dictate (something) to someone

1. to speak out words to someone who writes them down; to speak words into a recording device to be written down later by someone. Walter dictated a letter to his secretary. Please come in so I can dictate to you.

2. to lay out or spell out the exact terms of something to someone; to act as a dictator. You can't dictate the rules to us. Please don't dictate to me.

dictate to

1. To say or read something aloud to someone, especially for it to be written down or notated: The executive dictated the letter to the secretary.

2. To issue orders or commands to someone: The manager dictated the new company policy to the staff.

See also: dictate

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

dictate
dictate to (one)
and the rest
angry young man
by the numbers
call the shots/the tune
call the tune
piper
reap what you sow
you reap what you sow

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I do not believe any country should be able to dictate to the rest of the world," Fox Sports quoted Holding, as saying.

ICC, not BCCI, should dictate cricket's path: Michael Holding

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释义	dictate to dictate to (one) 1. To speak to one who will reproduce the message in a written document. In this usage, "dictate to" is a set phrase. I just finished dictating that memo to my secretary, and she is typing it up right now. 2. To exert control over someone or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "dictate" and "to." Don't try to dictate the terms of this contract to me! I have a say in it, too, you know. See also: dictate Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. dictate (something) to someone 1. to speak out words to someone who writes them down; to speak words into a recording device to be written down later by someone. Walter dictated a letter to his secretary. Please come in so I can dictate to you. 2. to lay out or spell out the exact terms of something to someone; to act as a dictator. You can't dictate the rules to us. Please don't dictate to me. See also: dictate McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. dictate to v. 1. To say or read something aloud to someone, especially for it to be written down or notated: The executive dictated the letter to the secretary. 2. To issue orders or commands to someone: The manager dictated the new company policy to the staff. See also: dictate The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. See also: dictate dictate to (one) and the rest angry young man by the numbers call the shots/the tune call the tune piper reap what you sow you reap what you sow References in periodicals archive "A lot of people who dictate to their computers out of necessity left Macs for PCs. Breaking windows: new dictation products threaten to end Windows PCs' lock on the market * EU bureaucrats from Brussels now dictate to parents how and under what conditions they may spank their children. Following the EU path: the designers of the Security and Prosperity Partnership plan to transform North America into a regional government modeled after the European Union Canada has become a country where the majority is dictated to by an appointed minority, where tax-free unions, funded by compulsion, dictate to their forced membership and use union dues as they see fit, courtesy of an appointed judge, where the Parliamentary system has become subservient to judicial tyranny under the guise of "independence of the judiciary." A more appropriate phrase for these judicial outlaws would be "the perversion of the judiciary." The loss of freedom in Canada I do not believe any country should be able to dictate to the rest of the world," Fox Sports quoted Holding, as saying. ICC, not BCCI, should dictate cricket's path: Michael Holding
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