dictation

Study(3)

/dɪkˈteɪʃən/

noun 4

Collocations

(noun.)

VERB + DICTATION

do, have

Our teacher had a dictation exercise yesterday to test our spelling skills.

give sb

The professor gave us a dictation exercise to help improve our listening skills.

take

During the meeting, I had to take dictation while the manager explained the new company policy.

PREP

at sb's ~

She typed the email at her manager's dictation during the meeting.

from ~

The secretary typed the report from dictation while the manager spoke into the recorder.

in a/the ~

The teacher included several spelling mistakes in the dictation to test our concentration.

Definitions

noun

Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.

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

An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down.

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

The act of ordering or commanding.

...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.

Orders given in an overbearing manner.

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

...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.

Wiktionary

The secretary took dictation from her boss.

Tatoeba · #317848

We have a kanji dictation test today.

Tatoeba · #327580

Let's master example sentences and the make-up of text by dictation.

Tatoeba · #328445

Usage Notes

Your note

not saved

0 chars