dictation
n 1: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
[syn: command, bid, bidding, dictation]
2: speech intended for reproduction in writing
3: matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated
passage; "he signed and mailed his dictation without
bothering to read it"
dictation nounDate: 1651 1.a.prescriptionb. arbitrary command
2.a.(1) the act or manner of uttering words to be transcribed (2)
material that is dictated or transcribed
b.(1) the performing of music to be reproduced by a student
(2) music so reproduced
dictation n. 1 a the saying of words to be written down or recorded. b an instance of this, esp. as a school exercise. c the material that is dictated. 2 a authoritative prescription. b an
instance of this. c a command. Phrases and idioms: dictation speed a slow rate of speech suitable for dictation.
dictation
dɪkˈteɪʃən n. 1 a the saying of words to be written down or
recorded. b an instance of this, esp. as a school exercise. c the material
that is dictated. 2 a authoritative prescription. b an instance of this. c
a command. ødictation speed a slow rate of speech suitable for dictation.
Dictation \Dic*ta"tion\, n. [L. dictatio.]
1. The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing;
also that which is dictated.
It affords security against the dictation of laws.
--Paley.
2. The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an
overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his
habit, even with friends, was that of dictation.
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