How to spell dictate

Dictate is spelled D-I-C-T-A-T-E.

hear itdic·tate/dةھk'teةھt/verbSchwa and roots

What it means: To say something aloud for others to write.

In a sentence: The teacher will dictate a story for us to write down.

Same family: dictator, dictation, dictionary, predict, verdict. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Dictate” comes from the Latin verb *dictare*, meaning “to say often” or “to declare.” It is related to other 'speaking' words like 'dictionary' (a book of words people say) and 'verdict' (what the jury says about a case).

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