say it: dik-TAY-tid
dictated is an adjective meaning "determined or decided upon as by an authority". It carries one recorded sense.
determined or decided upon as by an authority
“date and place are already determined”
“the dictated terms of surrender”
“the time set for the launching”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for dictated come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.