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Dictation

//dɪkˈteɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words. countable, uncountable

    "Since I learned shorthand, I can take dictation at eighty words a minute."

  2. 2
    matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage wordnet
  3. 3
    An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down. countable, uncountable

    "We had reading and geography and Canadian history and dictation today."

  4. 4
    speech intended for reproduction in writing wordnet
  5. 5
    The act of ordering or commanding. countable

    "...jurors in England have formerly understood it to be their right and duty to judge only according to their consciences, and not to submit to any dictation from the court, either as to law or fact."

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  1. 6
    an authoritative direction or instruction to do something wordnet
  2. 7
    Orders given in an overbearing manner. uncountable

    "His habit, even with friends, was that of dictation."

Etymology

From Late Latin dictātiō, noun of action from dictātus, the perfect passive participle of dictō. By surface analysis, dictate + -ion.

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