Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
DICTATED
determined, dictated, set
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
dictated
simple past tense and past participle of dictate
Source: Wiktionary
DICTATE
Dic"tate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dictated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dictating.] Etym: [L. dictatus, p. p. of dictare, freq. of dicere to say. See Diction, and cf. Dight.]
1. To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis. The mind which dictated the Iliad. Wayland. Pages dictated by the Holy Spirit. Macaulay.
2. To say; to utter; to communicate authoritatively; to deliver (a command) to a subordinate; to declare with authority; to impose; as, to dictate the terms of a treaty; a general dictates orders to his troops. Whatsoever is dictated to us by God must be believed. Watts.
Syn.
– To suggest; prescribe; enjoin; command; point out; urge; admonish.
Dic"tate, v. i.
1. To speak as a superior; to command; to impose conditions (on). Who presumed to dictate to the sovereign. Macaulay.
2. To compose literary works; to tell what shall be written or said by another. Sylla could not skill of letters, and therefore knew not how to dictate. Bacon.
Dic"tate, n. Etym: [L. dictatum. See Dictate, v. t.]
Definition: A statement delivered with authority; an order; a command; an authoritative rule, principle, or maxim; a prescription; as, listen to the dictates of your conscience; the dictates of the gospel. I credit what the Grecian dictates say. Prior.
Syn.
– Command; injunction; direction suggestion; impulse; admonition.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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