Since I learned shorthand, I can take dictation at eighty words a minute.
1908: Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables - We had reading and geography and Canadian history and dictation today.
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Dictation — can refer to: Dictation (exercise), when one person speaks while another person transcribes what is spoken. A dictation machine, a device used to record speech for transcription. Dictaphone, a company that manufactures these devices, and which… … Wikipedia
Dictation — Dic*ta tion, n. [L. dictatio.] 1. The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated. [1913 Webster] It affords security against the dictation of laws. Paley. [1913 Webster] 2. The speaking to, or the giving… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dictation — index canon, coercion, compulsion (coercion), enforcement, force (compulsion), mandate Burton s L … Law dictionary
dictation — 1650s, from L.L. dictationem (nom. dictatio), noun of action from pp. stem of dictare (see DICTATE (Cf. dictate) (v.)) … Etymology dictionary
dictation — [dik tā′shən] n. [LL dictatio: see DICTATE] 1. the dictating of words for another to write down 2. the words so spoken or read 3. the giving of authoritative orders or commands … English World dictionary
dictation — noun VERB + DICTATION ▪ do ▪ We did a French dictation in class. ▪ give sb ▪ The teacher gave them a dictation. ▪ take … Collocations dictionary
dictation — [[t]dɪkte͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Dictation is the speaking or reading aloud of words for someone else to write down. ...taking dictation from the dean of the Faculty... He had had an arm amputated and relied on her to take down his books from… … English dictionary
dictation — dictate dic‧tate 1 [dɪkˈteɪt ǁ ˈdɪkteɪt] verb [transitive] to say words for someone else to write down: • When Laurie got back to the office, she dictated a letter to Stewart. dictation noun [uncountable] : • Many computers can take voice… … Financial and business terms
dictation — n. 1) to give dictation 2) to take, take down dictation * * * [dɪk teɪʃ(ə)n] take down dictation to give dictation to take … Combinatory dictionary
dictation — UK [dɪkˈteɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms dictation : singular dictation plural dictations 1) a) [uncountable] the act of saying something that someone else then writes or types for you, for example a letter Jane is taking dictation in Ms Gordon s… … English dictionary
dictation — dictational, adj. /dik tay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or manner of dictating for reproduction in writing. 2. the act or manner of transcribing words uttered by another. 3. words that are dictated or that are reproduced from dictation. 4. the playing… … Universalium
