dictation
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- noun
- /dɪkˈteɪʃən/
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dictado
- Please write down the dictation I will read aloud for you.
- dictation exercise
- dictation skills
- take dictation
I was like this, but Dragon dictation software now pumping out three books a year.
- I was like this, but Dragon dictation software now pumping out three books a year.
- So for an author that that's kind of a a big problem, but he's able to work by dictation for the, the books that come after that.
- Every, every class we have quiz dictation.
Examples
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The process described above typifies the traditional dictation exercises found in many aural-skills classrooms.
Academic text (2006) -
On both those occasions, a substitute teacher gave the dictation according to instructions.
Academic text (1997) -
- Can you take dictation?
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On second thought, uh, come take some dictation.
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You make it sound like I'm giving dictation.
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Here he is taking dictation from Erasmus.
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Imagine dictation without the aid of a stenographer.
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Cynthia, would you mind taking dictation for Mr. Gary?
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That's the last time I take dictation from a travelling salesman.
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I don't suppose you'd take some dictation from me sometime, would you?
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dictation comes from the old Latin root dicere, which means 'to say'. It is the same root as dictate and dictionary, so dictation is simply the 'saying' of words aloud for someone else to write down.