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An authoritative direction or instruction to do something
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dictation
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) dictate, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words 2 (context countable English) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down 3 (context countable ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dictation \Dic*ta"tion\, n. [L. dictatio.] The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated. It affords security against the dictation of laws. --Paley. The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB take ▪ My last boss used to fumble under my skirt when I took dictation . ▪ The popular image of a secretary is one who types and takes dictation . ▪ No time to waste: a 1920s typist takes dictation as the train speeds ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, from Late Latin dictationem (nominative dictatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of dictare (see dictate (v.)).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something [syn: command , bid , bidding ] speech intended for reproduction in writing matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage; "he mailed the dictation without bothering to read ...
Usage examples of dictation.
The decree, the preamble of which Carnot insisted upon writing from my dictation, was drawn up in these terms.
The kind with a father for whom your mother works, cleans, takes dictation, performs duties and functions shrouded in obscure and pleasurable forms of compensation.
Everyone of the Sangoans seemed to accept his dictation, however imperative it might be, as a matter of course, and the gray old captain--who had seen much of the world--was not the least subservient to his young master.
In return for being allowed to take dictation on Sunday at the prison, I was required to take gospel tracts in Sotho and Zulu from the Assembly of God missionaries and give one to each prisoner after he had dictated his letter to me.
Anne, written, also, at the dictation of the Holy Ghost, but the poor devil of a Jesuit had to suffer martyrdom for it--an additional reason for his canonization, if the horrible society ever comes to life again, and attains the universal power which is its secret aim.
It was a simple enough job, requiring typing and dictation skills, no more than rudimentary intelligence, and yet it prompted her to explore all the museums and art galleries of the city and to spend most of her vacations, and almost all her money, rummaging through the abbeys and chateaus of Europe, all those tourist bins patrolled by guards who look as though they have just deflowered their own daughters.
Nevertheless, it is the fact that many Senators, especially those who have been sent to the House as Democrats, do allow the State legislatures to dictate to them their votes, and that they do hold themselves absolved from the personal responsibility of their votes by such dictation.
Jellyby had yet finished her dictation for the day, when Mr. Jarndyce, who had been out of the room, returned.
Ada and Richard were lingering for a few moments by the fire, wondering whether Mrs. Jellyby had yet finished her dictation for the day, when Mr.
Carnot, whose genius for war enabled the French nation, amidst all its poverty and intestine contests, even in the pangs and throes of that labour in which it strove to bring forth a constitution, to repulse the forces of the allied nations, and prepare the way for future conquests, was a member of the all-powerful Committee, and we cannot suppose that he acted under the dictation of Robespierre.
Then resumed his dictation, which, as he spoke it, was being autonomically transcribed into written document form by the apparatus before him.
It required the dictation of the vindictive and malevolent Fenayrou to crystallise her hatred of Aubert into a deliberate participation in his murder.
The King spoke so low that the Flemings could catch no more than a few detached and scarcely intelligible fragments of his dictations, such as: "To maintain the fertile places by commerce, the barren by manufactures.
Strange dictations used to be received sometimes: one of them was the following: " Moni ( Suresh Chakarvarty) will bomb Sir Edward Grey when he will come as the Viceroy of India".
He made a note, since Braddock was in no position to take dictation, to return for a proper investigation later.