DICTATE

Traducere în limba română

dictate I. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a dicta (o scrisoare etc.).

2. (fig.) a dicta, a impune, a prescrie, a inspira; a îndemna;

his conduct has been mostly dictated by ambition purtarea lui a fost inspirată în cea mai mare parte de ambiţie.

dictate I. verb B. intranzitiv

a dicta, a conduce, a comanda, a porunci;

I am not to be dictated to mie să nu mi se poruncească.

dictate II. substantiv

1. pl. porunci, directive;

the dictates of reason poruncile raţiunii.

2. (pol.) dictat, act impus.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

I am still so weak that I have to write, as you see, by dictating.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My dear Jane, I am in such a flutter, that I am sure I can't write; so I will dictate, and you write for me.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

The being left with her sister and nephew, and all the house under her care, had been an advantage entirely thrown away; she had been unable to direct or dictate, or even fancy herself useful.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

My reason dictates it.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Elizabeth found that nothing was beneath this great lady's attention, which could furnish her with an occasion of dictating to others.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

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