dictation
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dictation
- /dɪkˈteɪʃən/ US
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Late Latin dictātiō, noun of action from dictātus, the perfect passive participle of dictō. By surface analysis, dictate + -ion.
noun dictations
- 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.
Translations
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noun the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
| Español | dictado |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 聽寫 /听写 tīngxiě |
| Kiswahili | imla |
| Português | ditado |
| Français | dictée |
| Deutsch | Diktat |
| Italiano | dettatura, dettato |
| Ελληνικά | υπαγόρευση ypagórefsi |
| Русский | дикто́вка f дикта́нт diktóvka |
| العربية | إِمْلَاء ʔimlāʔ |
| עברית | הַכתָבָה hakhtava |
noun an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
| Español | dictado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 받아쓰기 badasseugi |
| 日本語 | 聞き取り kikitori, ディクテーション dikutēshon |
| 中文 | 聽寫 /听写 tīngxiě |
| हिन्दी | श्रुतलेखन śrutlekhan |
| Kiswahili | imla |
| Português | ditado |
| Français | dictée |
| Deutsch | Diktat |
| Italiano | dettato |
| Ελληνικά | υπαγόρευση ypagórefsi |
| Română | dictare |
| Русский | дикта́нт diktánt |
| Tiếng Việt | chính tả, ám tả |
| العربية | إِمْلَاء ʔimlāʔ |
| עברית | הַכתָבָה hakhtava |
noun the act of ordering or commanding
| Português | ordem |
|---|---|
| Italiano | ordine |
| Русский | предписа́ние predpisánije, распоряже́ние rasporjažénije |
noun orders given in an overbearing manner
| Português | ditame |
|---|---|
| Italiano | ordine |
| Русский | повеле́ние povelénije, приказа́ние prikazánije |
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