Dictate and Regulate

Dictate

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

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

Regulate

Regulate verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).

Dictate and regulate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dictate" instead a verb "Regulate".

Common collocations

society dictate society regulate society
use dictate use regulate use
flow dictate flow regulate flow
way dictate way regulate way
Other words: length, actions, behavior, powers.
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