dictation
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• noun
The action of saying words aloud to be typed, written down, or recorded on tape, or the text produced in this way.
"The executive asked her assistant to take dictation for a series of urgent correspondence letters."
An exercise used in language instruction and testing in which a teacher reads a passage aloud for students to write down accurately.
"Every Friday morning, our French teacher gives us a short dictation to test our spelling and listening comprehension."
The action of giving orders or imposing requirements authoritatively.
"The committee refused to accept the arbitrary dictation of terms by a single board member."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-17th century from Late Latin dictatio, a noun of action from Latin dictare ('to say often, prescribe, or dictate'), which is a frequentative of dicere ('to say or speak').