Hyphenation of dictates

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word dictates? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

dic-tates

Definitions of dictates:

1.	An authoritative rule
2.	A guiding principle The dictates of reason
3.	Issue commands or orders for
4.	Say out loud for the purpose of recording He dictated a report to his secretary
5.	Rule as a dictator

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