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Common collocations with dictate in American Collocation

dictate verb

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.