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1. (n.) dictation
the act or manner of dictating for reproduction in writing.
2. dictation
the act or manner of transcribing words uttered by another.
3. dictation
words that are dictated or that are reproduced from dictation.
4. dictation
the playing or singing of music to be notated by a listener, esp. as a technique of training the ear.
5. dictation
music notated from dictation.
6. dictation
the act of commanding arbitrarily.
7. dictation
something commanded.
Etymology: (1650–60; < LL)
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| Definition of 'dictation' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) command, bid, bidding, dictation
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
2. (noun) dictation
speech intended for reproduction in writing
3. (noun) dictation
matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage
"he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) dictation
the act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated
2. (noun) dictation
the speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation
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Sense: something read for another to write down
The secretary is taking dictation.
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 Afrikaans: diktaat, voorskrif |
 Arabic: إمْلاء |
 Bulgarian: диктовка |
 Brazilian: ditado |
 Czech: diktát |
 German: das Diktat |
 Danish: diktat |
 Greek: κείμενο προς υπαγόρευση |
 Spanish: dictado |
 Estonian: etteütlus |
 Farsi: دیکته؛ املا |
 Finnish: sanelu |
 French: dictée |
 Hebrew: הַכתָּבָה |
 Hindi: श्रुत लेख |
 Croatian: diktat |
 Hungarian: tollbamondás |
 Indonesian: dikte |
 Icelandic: upplestur |
 Italian: dettato, dettatura |
 Japanese: 書き取り |
 Korean: 구술 |
 Lithuanian: diktantas |
 Latvian: diktāts; diktēšana |
 Malay: pengimlakan |
 Dutch: dictee |
 Norwegian: diktat |
 Polish: dyktando |
 Persian: دیکته؛ املا |
 Pashto: املا |
 Portuguese: ditado |
 Romanian: dictare |
 Russian: диктовка |
 Slovak: diktát |
 Slovenian: narek |
 Serbian: diktat |
 Swedish: diktamen |
 Thai: การเขียนตามคำบอก |
 Turkish: dikte |
 Taiwanese: 聽寫 |
 Ukrainian: диктант; розпорядження |
 Urdu: املا کا عمل |
 Vietnamese: sự đọc chính tả |
 Chinese: 听写 |
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