How to pronounce dictates in American English
“dictates” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to dictates the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “dictates” in: all accents · British English (84 clips)
“dictates” in real sentences — American speakers
163 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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electrolyte really dictates the performance.
NSF
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Logic dictates that conclusion, as well as the hard facts.
The Obama White House
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The ampersand 4 equals portion of the query dictates the geography.
Census Bureau
Words that sound like “dictates”
Words one sound away from dictates — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “dictates”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of dictates. 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.