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US
/dɪkˈteɪʃən/
]
[ UK /dɪktˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /dɪktˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
- speech intended for reproduction in writing
-
matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage
he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it
How To Use dictation In A Sentence
- But she had, like some robotic amanuensis, taking down dictation. MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
- Texts will be supplied in the normal format for dictation by dictators appointed by the Local Examinations Secretary.
- We have a dictation every English class.
- Some authorities maintain that they were written by Moses himself at God's dictation.
- I did, though get a reaction when I asked, in all innocence, if she would take dictation.
- We must welcome advice, but we must not tolerate dictation.
- The British Constitution, starting with Magna Carta of 1215 and expanded by subsequent Constitutional Acts guarantees us freedom from foreign or executive oppression or dictation.
- In a matter of this kind we cannot and will not accept the dictation of theorists.
- Mr. Fillon presented a very traditional pedagogical message: it is necessary, the Minister repeated, for middle school teachers to rely much more frequently on dictations, compositions, recitations, and grammar exercises.
- This raises the suspicion that such work resulted from a process of dictation and transcription.
