Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with dictate in American Collocation
dictate
verb
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈdɪkˌteɪt/
largely
otherwise
partly
Wedding style will be largely dictated by your personality.
This is the preferred method, unless local circumstances dictate otherwise.
The approach taken will be partly dictated by student preference.
circumstances
common sense
conditions
custom
fashion
logic
the market
reason
tradition
Tradition dictates that the bridegroom’s speech is kind and polite about the bride.