How to pronounce dictate in British English
“dictate” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to dictate the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “dictate” in: all accents · American English (440 clips)
“dictate” in real sentences — British speakers
354 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
-
sector bodies rather than dictate.
The Scottish Parliament
-
tools, but not dictate to them.
UK Parliament
-
dictate how professional land managers can conduct overground activity.
The Scottish Parliament
Words that sound like “dictate”
Words one sound away from dictate — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “dictate”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of dictate. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.