The correct answer is C. Dictate means to say or read aloud. Will you dictate the word in a sentence before we have to spell it?
Explanation:
In English and other languages words are mainly composed by roots words which is a word by itself to which prefixes (word or letters before a root word) or suffixes (word or letters after a root word) can be added to create new words as the meaning of the root word is combined with that from the prefix or suffix. In this case the root of the word dictate is "dict" which derives from Latin and means "to say", in this way, this root can be combined with different suffixes or prefixes including the suffix -ate, which means an action and which combined with "dict" means the "action of saying" something, or in the case of contradict in which the prefix -contra is added which means contrary to or against, thus contradict means contrary or against something. Thus, in the case of C. Dictate means to say or read aloud the definition is correct as "Dictate" derives from dict which is "say," and -ate which makes "dict" an action, thus "Dictate" is the action of saying something and thus in the sentence "Will you dictate the word in a sentence before we have to spell it?" the use is appropriate.
