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Grade 6
(dic-tate) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. to say or read words for someone else to write down.

Example Sentence

The parent will dictate spelling words to her fourth grader.

More Example Sentences

Students must dictate their notes carefully.

Synonyms

command; order; speak

Antonyms

listen; follow; obey

Hear It! Say It! Write It!

dictate
Hear It! Say It! Write It!

Rhymes

  • ate
  • aydt
  • bait
  • bate
  • beit
  • cate
  • chait
  • crate
  • date
  • eight
  • fait
  • fate
  • feight
  • fete
  • frate
  • freight
  • gait
  • gate
  • grate
  • great
  • haight
  • hait
  • hate
  • kate
  • late
  • leight
  • mate
  • nate
  • pait
  • pate
  • plait
  • plate
  • prate
  • rait
  • raitt
  • rate
  • sate
  • skate
  • slate
  • spate
  • speight
  • state
  • straight
  • strait
  • strate
  • streight
  • tait
  • taite
  • taitt
  • tate
  • trait
  • wait
  • waite
  • waitt
  • wayt
  • weight

  • abate
  • await
  • belate
  • berate
  • collate
  • conflate
  • create
  • debate
  • deflate
  • dictate
  • dilate
  • elate
  • equate
  • est
  • estate
  • gestate
  • inflate
  • innate
  • irate
  • iwate
  • kuwait
  • lightweight
  • m-8
  • mccreight
  • mcfate
  • misstate
  • negate
  • oblate
  • ornate
  • postdate
  • predate
  • prorate
  • reflate
  • relate
  • restate
  • sedate
  • sumgait
  • translate
  • tri-state
  • update
  • upstate
  • dictate

  • conjugate
  • desecrate
  • disinflate
  • interstate
  • intrastate
  • multistate
  • overrate
  • overweight
  • procreate
  • reinstate
  • silverplate
  • solid-state
  • telerate
  • underrate

  • demodulate
  • interrelate
  • recriminate
  • remunerate
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