Dictionary

dictation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /dɪkˈteɪʃən/ (US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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. 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables:
3. (countable) 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. 1852, Lysander Spooner, An Essay on the Trial by Jury:
4. (uncountable) Orders given in an overbearing manner.
   • His habit, even with friends, was that of dictation.

Forms

Deriveds

running dictation · shouting dictation · dictation machine · redictation · musical dictation · dictational

Translations (110)

vi ám tả (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · it ordine (orders given in an overbearing manner) · nl dictee (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · it dettato (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · pt ditado (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · id dikte (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · bg дикто́вка (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · ka კარნახი (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · ka მითითება (orders given in an overbearing manner) · fi sanelu (the act of ordering or commanding) · tr imlâ (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · de Diktat (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · bg предписа́ние (orders given in an overbearing manner) · arz املا (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · fr dictée (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · fa-ira دیکْتِه کَرْدَن (orders given in an overbearing manner) · ru распоряже́ние (the act of ordering or commanding) · ka განკარგულება (orders given in an overbearing manner) · mk дикта́т (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · et etteütlus (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · lt diktatas (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · uk дикта́нт (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · uz diktant (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · ko 받아쓰기 (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · eo diktado (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · ro dictare (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · ar إِمْلَاء (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · de Diktat (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · sq diktim (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · tg имло (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · cs diktát (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · hu tollbamondás (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · sw imla (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · th การเขียนตามคำบอก (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · th คำบอก (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · tg имло (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · ru предписа́ние (the act of ordering or commanding) · ky жатжазуу (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · pl dyktando (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · fa-ira دیکْتِه (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · uk дикта́нт (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · sh дѝкта̄т (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · it dettatura (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · bg наре́ждане (the act of ordering or commanding) · sw imla (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · ru повеле́ние (orders given in an overbearing manner) · sl diktat (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · ru приказа́ние (orders given in an overbearing manner) · es dictado (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · fa-ira اِمْلا (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · ja ディクテーション (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · hi श्रुतलेखन (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · sv diktamen (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · eo ordono (the act of ordering or commanding) · bg дикто́вка (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · eo diktado (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · fr dictée (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · sk diktát (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · ru дикта́нт (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · sh dìktāt (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · pt ordem (the act of ordering or commanding) · ka განაწესი (orders given in an overbearing manner) · hy թելադրություն (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · mi āhukareo (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · tg диктант (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · pt ditado (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · mi āhukareo (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · ka ბრძანება (orders given in an overbearing manner) · el υπαγόρευση (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · cmn 聽寫 /听写 (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · he הַכתָבָה (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · id dikte (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · it dettato (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · tg диктант (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · da diktat (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · nb diktat (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · ky диктант (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · lt diktantas (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · it ordine (the act of ordering or commanding) · nl dictee (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · az diktə (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · fi sanelu (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · fi sanelu (orders given in an overbearing manner) · tk diktant (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · fa-ira دیکْتِه (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · crh imlâ (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · ga deachtú (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · ka კარნახი (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · az imla (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · ja 聞き取り (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · pt ditame (orders given in an overbearing manner) · be дыкта́нт (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · el υπαγόρευση (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · lv diktāts (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · sv diktamen (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · is upplestur (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · kk диктант (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · es dictado (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · tr dikte (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · ar إِمْلَاء (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · ru дикто́вка f дикта́нт (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · be дыкто́ўка (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · ga deachtú (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · he הַכתָבָה (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · kk жат жазу (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · arz إملا (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · fi sanelu (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words) · id imla (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · vi chính tả (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down) · cmn 聽寫 /听写 (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words)