Choose and Dictate

Choose

Choose verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

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Dictate and choose are semantically related In some cases you can use "Dictate" instead a verb "Choose".

Nearby Words: choosy, choosing, choosey, chooser

Dictate verb - To request the doing of by virtue of one's authority.

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Choose and dictate are semantically related in determine topic. Sometimes you can use "Choose" instead a verb "Dictate".

person	choose person	dictate person
life	choose life	dictate life
order	choose order	dictate order
course	choose course	dictate course
Other words: fate, number, route, way, game, story, book, powers.

Indeed, some atheists claim that even if a higher power did exist, it would not have any right to dictate their life, and they would still choose their own purpose.

Source: Useful Notes / Atheism
However, the terms of the arrangement dictate he gets to choose which three favors, and if he declines to do something, she can't attempt to coerce him into doing it by hurting him or people he cares about.

Source: Morton's Fork
It's often hard to tell who the player should side with (and they force you to choose at least twice in every playthrough) when they don't seem to have any rational system of logic to dictate what they think constitutes appropriate behavior, for both you and themselves.

Source: Video Game / Façade

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