dicter
French → English
(communication) To dictate: to say or read aloud words to be typed or written down by someone else
Le directeur va me dicter une lettre importante pour nos clients.
(English) The director is going to dictate an important letter to me for our clients.
Il utilisait un logiciel spécial pour dicter ses textes au lieu de les taper.
(English) He used special software to dictate his texts instead of typing them.
(authority) To dictate: to impose rules, laws, or one's will on others
Le pays vainqueur a pu dicter ses conditions de paix au vaincu.
(English) The victorious country was able to dictate its peace terms to the defeated.
La raison nous dicte de rester prudents face à cette situation inconnue.
(English) Reason dictates that we remain cautious in the face of this unknown situation.
Entry ID: fr:en:dicter · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary