dictated
Read aloud officially
Dictated describes something that was spoken aloud for someone else to write down or record: She dictated the letter to her assistant.
It also means imposed or determined by authority or circumstance: The terms were dictated by the victor, Our schedule is dictated by the weather.
What is dictated leaves little room for negotiation.
Arranged or commanded
- decreedFormally ordered by authority
- mandatedOfficially ordered or required
- prescribedOfficially recommended or mandated
- imposedForced onto others
demanded · directed · instructed · required · stipulated · enjoined · laid down · insisted
Compressed symbolic writing system
- transcriptionistOne who converts audio to text
- verbatimIn identical wording
- shorthandAbbreviated writing system
- transcriptVerbatim written account
dictaphone · recorded · scribe · typist · notation · minutes · notes · amanuensis
Administered by authority
- shapedGiven a particular form
- influencedChanged by external pressure
- controlledKept within limits
- decidedReached a conclusion
guided · driven · conditioned · constrained · defined · ruled · established · fixed
Having segments that bend
- utteredExpressed in speech
- pronouncedSpoken aloud formally
- vocalizedExpressed with voice
- enunciatedSpoke with clear pronunciation
intoned · voiced · recited · narrated · orated · declared · announced · stated
Ruling with absolute authority
- despoticExercising absolute authority
- tyrannicalExercising power unjustly
- domineeringAggressively asserting control
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
imperious · controlling · oppressive · totalitarian · high-handed · bossy · iron-fisted · authoritative
ordered
Arranged or commanded
- decreedFormally ordered by authority
- mandatedOfficially ordered or required
- prescribedOfficially recommended or mandated
imposed · demanded · directed · instructed · required · stipulated · enjoined · laid down · insisted · ruled
stenography
Compressed symbolic writing system
- transcriptionistOne who converts audio to text
- verbatimIn identical wording
- shorthandAbbreviated writing system
transcript · dictaphone · recorded · scribe · typist · notation · minutes · notes · amanuensis · audio
governed
Administered by authority
- shapedGiven a particular form
- influencedChanged by external pressure
- controlledKept within limits
decided · guided · driven · conditioned · constrained · defined · ruled · established · fixed · predetermined
articulated
Having segments that bend
- utteredExpressed in speech
- pronouncedSpoken aloud formally
- vocalizedExpressed with voice
enunciated · intoned · voiced · recited · narrated · orated · declared · announced · stated · expressed
autocratic
Ruling with absolute authority
- despoticExercising absolute authority
- tyrannicalExercising power unjustly
- domineeringAggressively asserting control
overbearing · imperious · controlling · oppressive · totalitarian · high-handed · bossy · iron-fisted · authoritative · masterful
dictatedtyped
Input via keyboard
written · handwritten · transcribed · penned · concealed
dictatednegotiated
Reached terms through discussion
collaborative · requested · asked · consensual · suggested
- military dictator
- taking dictation
- tin-pot dictatorWeak ruler pretending grandeur
- tinpot dictatorContemptible small-scale authoritarian
- The Great Dictator1940 satirical film
- dictation machineDevice recording spoken words
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