dictation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.
2. (countable, uncountable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down.
3. (countable) The act of ordering or commanding.
4. (uncountable) Orders given in an overbearing manner.

Synonyms

command

bidding

dictate

order

bid

direction

spelling

injunction

dominion

exaction

hold

instruction

mandate

orthography

prescript

regulation

rule

system

enjoinment

verbal statement

oral statement

government

autocratic

supervision

behest

charge

coercion

compulsion

constraint

directive

domination

Translations

dictée

Diktat

dettato

dictado

dictee

dictat

dettatura

ditado

ordem

إملاء

ordine

ordre

comando

διαταγή

Diktieren

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪkˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

From Late Latin dictātiō, noun of action from dictātus, the perfect passive participle of dictō. By surface analysis, dictate + -ion.