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1 dictate
• common sense dictates that... le bon sens veut que...a. dicter• she spent the morning dictating to her secretary elle a passé la matinée à dicter des lettres à sa secrétaireb. ( = order about) to dictate to sb imposer sa volonté à qn• I won't be dictated to! je n'ai pas d'ordres à recevoir !3. plural noun━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ Lorsque dictate est un verbe, l'accent tombe sur la deuxième syllabe: dɪkˈteɪt, lorsque c'est un nom, sur la première: ˈdɪkteɪt.* * *1. ['dɪkteɪt] 2. [dɪk'teɪt], US ['dɪkteɪt]transitive verb1) School, Commerce dicter2) ( prescribe) imposer [terms] (to à); déterminer [outcome]; régenter [policy]3. [dɪk'teɪt], US ['dɪkteɪt]1) ( out loud)to dictate to one's secretary — dicter une lettre (or un texte etc) à sa secrétaire
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2 dictate
∎ to dictate sth to sb dicter qch à qn(b) (determine → terms, conditions) dicter, imposer;∎ he dictates how we run the business c'est lui qui décide de la marche de l'entreprise;∎ our budget will dictate the type of computer we buy le type d'ordinateur que nous achèterons dépendra de notre budget[dɪk'teɪt] (give dictation) dicter(b) (usu pl) (principle) précepte m;∎ the dictates of conscience/reason la voix de la conscience/raisondonner des ordres à;∎ I won't be dictated to je n'ai pas d'ordres à recevoir!
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