Dictation Definition

dĭk-tāshən
noun
The dictating of words for another to write down.
Webster's New World
The words so spoken or read.
Webster's New World
The material so dictated.
American Heritage
The giving of authoritative orders or commands.
Webster's New World

(countable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down.

1908: Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables - We had reading and geography and Canadian history and dictation today.
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Noun

Singular:
dictation
Plural:
dictations

Dictation Sentence Examples

  • He does not find it true to experience that man necessarily acts at the dictation of selfish motives.

  • The CM method of dictation and narration is an excellent way to cover all of these elements in one lesson.

  • De Lessart having incurred its anger by the tameness of his replies to Austrian dictation, the Assembly voted his impeachment.

  • If keeping your dictation organized is something that is important to you, you will be impressed with the fact that this product gives you 10 file folders for storage purposes.

  • Teachers used to do dictation to test learners ' - what?

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Words Starting With

DDIDIC

Words Ending With

NONION

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