Synonyms of dictated

dictated

verb

past tense of dictate

as in ordered

to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority

dictated that the terms of surrender be negotiated by his senior staff

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ordered
• requested
• asked
• mandated
• directed
• required
• demanded
• decreed
• commanded
• called
• called for
• ordained
• petitioned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• canceled
• rescinded
• countermanded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dictated

And because Eha’s calendar is dictated by those five distinct Nordic seasons, no two stays look quite the same. — Liam Hess, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2026

Our basic strategy was simple and dictated almost entirely by the terrain and the nature of the caribou. — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 10 Nov. 2026

Playing without a pair of NBA first-round draft picks that carried the Huskies during their March Madness run last season, UConn dictated most of the action in the opening 20 minutes, forcing 11 Michigan turnovers. — Kyle Hightower, Chicago Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026

Mason said the heirs have received lesser amounts dictated by Branca, the remaining executor. — Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026

Other changes can be dictated by construction, traffic patterns or circumstances that arise, sometimes only days before the race. — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2026

Trump has insisted the closure is necessary and dictated a date for it, the filing points out, without any proper board oversight. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 2 Nov. 2026

On began to realize how much a healthy home life dictated road life. — Leena Tailor, SPIN, 23 Oct. 2026

The wave function evolves over time in a way that’s dictated by Schrödinger’s equation, named for Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger. — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026