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dict

(DIKT)

to say or speak

Latin for saying or speaking — at the heart of words about speech, orders, and predictions.

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Communication

Example words

  • predict

    to say something will happen before it does

  • dictionary

    a book that says what words mean

  • contradict

    to say the opposite

  • dictate

    to speak words for someone else to write down

Words in our dictionary that use this root

Every dataset word containing dict, with the parts it shares with other roots in our set.

  • predict

    to say something will happen before it does

  • dictionary

    a book that says what words mean

  • contradict

    to say the opposite

  • dictate

    to speak words for someone else to write down

  • verdict

    a spoken decision of truth, especially in a trial

Who it is for

Grades served: 5, 6, 7

Level 2Level 1 holds the word parts students meet first. Level 3 holds the ones that turn up in harder reading.

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