Usually means: Imposes rules or commands authoritatively.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. dictates: Merriam-Webster
  2. dictates: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dictates: Vocabulary.com
  4. Dictates, dictates: Wordnik
  5. dictates: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. dictates: Wiktionary
  7. dictates: Dictionary.com
  8. dictates: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. dictates: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. dictates: Legal dictionary

(Note: See dictate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (dictate)

noun:  An order or command.
verb:  To order, command, control.
verb:  To speak in order for someone to write down the words.
verb:  To determine or decisively affect.
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