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dictation
Found in thesaurus: speech act, spoken communication, language, spoken language, speech communication, speech, oral communication, voice communication, matter
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dictation
n.
dictation of words; words dictated; words recorded as dictated; issuing of commands
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Dictation
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 are often known generically by this name.
- Digital dictation, the use of digital electronic media for this purpose, and often computerized speech recognition.
- Music dictation, an ear training exercise in which the student copies down music while listening to it.
- Dictated but not read, a phrase used in written communication.
- Childish Games, a 2012 Spanish film, also known as Dictation.
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dictation
Noun
1. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
(synonym) command, bid, bidding
(hypernym) speech act
(hyponym) countermand
(derivation) dictate
2. speech intended for reproduction in writing
(hypernym) speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
(derivation) dictate
3. matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage; "he mailed the dictation without bothering to read it"
(hypernym) matter
(derivation) dictate
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dictation
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dictation
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dictation
n.
diktát
