I have now dedicated quite enough time to ‘saying’ things about the root words dict and dic. But go ahead and thumb through your dictionary and see how many more words it indicates have this useful root!
dictionary: tells how to ‘say’ words
addict: ‘speaks’ heavily towards something
predict: ‘say’ beforehand
contradict: ‘say’ against
valedictorian: one who ‘says’ farewell
dictate: ‘say’ words to another
dedicate: to ‘say’ for another
verdict: ‘speaking’ of the truth
vindicate: ‘say’ to be free from something
indicate: ‘say’ to make known
dictator: ‘sayer’ of rules
predicament: result when one ‘speaks’ too quickly, or before she should
-dic(t)-
词根 | 前缀 / 后缀 | 单词 |
-dic(t)- （说） to say | pre-: 预先 | predict v 预言；预计 |
in- = towards对；-ate: 使…… | indicate v 指示；指出 | |
contra- = against 对抗 | contradict v 否认；反驳 | |
-ion = the manner of ……行为；-ary = thing 物 | dictionary n 词典 |
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