Dictate
Make
Make verb - To put into effect through legislative or authoritative action.
Usage example: the legislature failed to make any new laws last session
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- It's the publisher of the game that tells Valve whether or not to make a game available in a region, and also dictate the price of the game in the region.
Source: No Export For You / New Media -
He knew that letting himself be goaded, consumed by rage and letting Honor Before Reason dictate his actions would only make a bad situation worse, and was just trying to make the best out of a bad situation in order to get out as soon as he could.
Source: Series / Cold Case - The laws of physics dictate that any time two objects make contact, trace materials are exchanged.
Source: Locard's Theory
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