dictationnoun
uk/dɪkˈteɪ.ʃən/us/dɪkˈteɪ.ʃən/[ U ] the activity of dictating something for someone else to write down:
I'll ask my assistant to take dictation (= write down what I say).
[ C ] a test in which a piece of writing is dictated to students learning a foreign language, to test their ability to hear and write the language correctly:
Our French dictation lasted half an hour.
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