Dictate

Definition

dictate /dÇk'teÇt; US 'dÇkteÇt/ v ၁။ ~ ( sth ) (to sb ) ႏႈတ္တိုက္ခ် ေပးသည္။ သတ္ပံုေခၚသည္။ dictate a letter (to one's secretary) ❍ The teacher dictated a passage to the class. ❍ I dictate and he takes it down in shorthand. ၂။ ~ sth ( to sb ) တရားဝင္ ေျပာသည္။ ေၾကညာသည္။ စည္းကမ္းခ်က္မ်ား သတ္မွတ္ေပးသည္။ ခ်မွတ္သည္။ dictate terms to a defeated enemy ❍ The law dictates that everyone be treated equally. ၃။ ဆံုးျဖတ္ေပးသည္။ ျပ႒ာန္းေပးသည္။ The size of the building is dictated by the strength of the foundations. ❍ Your job generally dictates where you live. /'dÇkteÇt/ n (usu pl ) အသိတရား၏ လမ္းၫႊန္ေစစားခ်က္။ It is best to follow the dictates of common sense (ie do what seems sensible). ❏ dictate to sb [ PHRV ] ( esp passive) အမိန္႔ေပးသည္။ ဩဇာေပးသည္။ I refuse to be dictated to by you. ❍ You can't dictate to people how they should live.

Examples

1. Their choice was dictated by political circumstances.
2. [dictate that] : Common sense dictates that we approach her with caution.
3. [dictate something to someone] : Washington is in no position to dictate terms to Moscow.
4. [dictate what/how etc] : Don’t try to dictate what I read.
5. I have letters to dictate to my secretary before I leave.