dictation
noun /dɪkˈteɪʃn/
/dɪkˈteɪʃn/
- [uncountable] the act of speaking or reading so that somebody can write down the words or they can be recorded
- Her secretary is very good at taking dictation.
- from dictation I find it difficult to write letters from dictation.
- at somebody's dictation I wrote some letters at his dictation.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + dictation- do
- give somebody
- take
- …
- in a/the dictation
- [countable, uncountable] a test in which students write down what is being read to them, especially in language lessons
- The teacher gave them a dictation.
- We did a French dictation in class.
- We had some very difficult words in our dictation.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + dictation- do
- give somebody
- take
- …
- in a/the dictation
Word Originmid 17th cent. originally meaning the action of giving orders : from late Latin dictatio(n-), from the verb dictare.