The secretary took dictation from her boss.
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Dictation
//dɪkˈteɪʃən//
Synonyms for "dictation" (47 found)
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Related words (23)
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1 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
73 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- إِمْلَاء noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
- إِمْلَاء noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
Armenian
1 entries- թելադրություն noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
Belarusian
2 entries- дыкта́нт noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
- дыкто́ўка noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дикто́вка noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
- дикто́вка noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
- нареждане noun (the act of ordering or commanding)
- предписа́ние noun (orders given in an overbearing manner)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 听写 noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
- 听写 noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
- 聽寫 /听写 noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
Czech
1 entries- diktát noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
Dutch
1 entries- dictee noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
Esperanto
3 entries- diktado noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
- diktado noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
- ordono noun (the act of ordering or commanding)
Finnish
4 entries- sanelu noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
- sanelu noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
- sanelu noun (the act of ordering or commanding)
- sanelu noun (orders given in an overbearing manner)
French
2 entries- dictée noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
- dictée noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
Georgian
4 entries- ბრძანება noun (orders given in an overbearing manner)
- განაწესი noun (orders given in an overbearing manner)
- განკარგულება noun (orders given in an overbearing manner)
- კარნახი noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
German
2 entries- Diktat noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
- Diktat noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
Greek
2 entries- υπαγόρευση noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
- υπαγόρευση noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
Hebrew
2 entries- הַכתָבָה noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
- הַכתָבָה noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
Hungarian
1 entries- tollbamondás noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
Icelandic
1 entries- upplestur noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
Indonesian
2 entries- dikte noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
- dikte noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
Irish
1 entries- deachtú noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
Italian
4 entries- dettato noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
- dettato noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
- dettatura noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
- ordine noun (the act of ordering or commanding)
Japanese
1 entries- 聞き取り noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
Korean
1 entries- 받아쓰기 noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
Māori
2 entries- āhukareo noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
- āhukareo noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
Persian
4 entries- املا noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
- دیکته noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
- دیکته noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
- دیکته کردن noun (orders given in an overbearing manner)
Polish
1 entries- dyktando noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
Portuguese
4 entries- ditado noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
- ditado noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
- ditame noun (orders given in an overbearing manner)
- ordem noun (the act of ordering or commanding)
Russian
4 entries- дикта́нт noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
- дикто́вка f дикта́нт noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
- повеле́ние noun (orders given in an overbearing manner)
- предписа́ние noun (the act of ordering or commanding)
Slovak
1 entries- diktát noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
Spanish
1 entries- dictado noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
Swahili
2 entries- imla noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
- imla noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
Swedish
2 entries- diktamen noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
- diktamen noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
Tajik
1 entries- дикт́ант noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
Thai
1 entries- การเขียนตามคำบอก noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
Ukrainian
2 entries- дикта́нт noun (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)
- дикта́нт noun (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down)
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