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dictation

[ dik-tey-shuhn ]

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noun

the act or manner of dictating for reproduction in writing.
the act or manner of transcribing words uttered by another.
words that are dictated or that are reproduced from dictation.
the playing or singing of music to be notated by a listener, especially as a technique of training the ear.
music notated from dictation.
the act of commanding arbitrarily.
something commanded.

dictation

/ dɪkˈteɪʃən /

1650–60; < Late Latin dictātiōn- (stem of dictātiō ) a dictating < Latin dictāt ( us ) ( dictate ) + -iōn- -ion

The new tablet sort of has Siri, albeit only in the form of voice dictation, not the full voice assistant.

The novelist who can't read uses dictation to continue to write books.

During so long drawn out a suspense I tried to ease the tension by dictation.

If the dictation of his will as a law in reference to the service had been sufficient, he would not otherwise have enjoined it.

This I am writing by dictation, and really think it is an art I can manage to acquire.

At last he spoke in a low tone to the avocat, who quickly began writing at his dictation.

The result was that the bank resisted, and refused the required acquiescence in the dictation of the treasury.

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