How to pronounce “dictate”(noun) in English

And my life has been exponentially better for living by her dictates.

These were people who were actually going to object to the dictates of Nero, Domitian, and Vespasian because they saw them as tyrants.

And it was a force that was going to free workers from the dictates of authoritarian bosses.

So I decided to spend a year of my life living by Martha Stewart's dictates, thus "The Tao of Martha."

that venerated Confucius and made much of the need to follow his moral dictates.

the typical way that has worked in the past is somebody has talked to a physician and the physician has handed down a dictate or a mandate and said, "This is what you should

and then we cook a little bit lower and slower over the void depending on what you're cooking dictates which zone you

David Plouffe: Well, you know, we're not -- largely through a presidential dictate -- not really focused on '12, because you know, I think that's right.