26984 words

dictation

5 definitions • 5 examples
1
the activity of dictating something for someone else to write down:

Examples:

take dictation I'll ask my assistant to take dictation (= write down what I say).
2
a test in which a piece of writing is dictated to students learning a foreign language, to test their ability to hear and write the language correctly:

Examples:

Our French dictation lasted half an hour.
3
the act of saying something aloud, so that your words can be prepared in writing by someone else:

Examples:

Can we get someone from the agency who takes dictation?
4
Dictation is also the reading aloud of a piece of writing in a language being learned in order to test the ability of students to hear and write the language correctly:

Examples:

a dictation exercise
5
the activity of speaking something aloud for a person or machine to record, so it can be written down later:

Examples:

An assistant will take your dictation over the phone and send a fax or email to your recipient.

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