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dictate

B2 verb

dictate /ˈdɪkˌteɪt/ nghĩa là ra lệnh, sai khiến

Các nghĩa

  1. ra lệnh, sai khiến

    To order, command, control.

    Etiquette dictates that wedding invitations should be acknowledged in writing.

  2. đọc cho viết

    To speak in order for someone to write down the words.

    She is dictating a letter to a stenographer.

    The French teacher dictated a passage from Victor Hugo.

  3. quyết định, chi phối

    To determine or decisively affect.

    Geology dictates the approximate location of the tunnel.

    I didn't lay this bar, or the restaurant for that matter, out on paper. The design was dictated by the materials.

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