to take dictation

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• take dictation — to write down the words that someone says so that they can be used in a letter, report, etc. Her secretary s very good at taking dictation. • • • Main Entry: ↑dictation …   Useful english dictionary

• dictation — noun /dɪkˈteɪʃən/ a) dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words Since I learned shorthand, I can take dictation at eighty words a minute. b) an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the… …   Wiktionary

• dictation — dic|ta|tion [dıkˈteıʃən] n 1.) [U] when you say words for someone to write down ▪ There were no secretaries available to take dictation (=write down what someone is saying) . 2.) a piece of writing that a teacher reads out to test your ability to …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• dictation — noun 1 (U) the act of saying words for someone to write down: take dictation (=write down words that someone else is saying) 2 (C) a piece of writing that a teacher reads out to test your ability to hear and write the words correctly: I hate… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Dictation: A Quartet — (2008) is the seventh and most recent collection of stories by American Author Cynthia Ozick. The Stories Dictation Actors At Fumicaro What Happened to the Baby Synopsis Dictation Approximately 15,000 Words. This story is about the secretaries of …   Wikipedia

• dictation — n. 1) to give dictation 2) to take, take down dictation * * * [dɪk teɪʃ(ə)n] take down dictation to give dictation to take …   Combinatory dictionary

• dictation — dictate dic‧tate 1 [dɪkˈteɪt ǁ ˈdɪkteɪt] verb [transitive] to say words for someone else to write down: • When Laurie got back to the office, she dictated a letter to Stewart. dictation noun [uncountable] : • Many computers can take voice… …   Financial and business terms

• dictation — noun VERB + DICTATION ▪ do ▪ We did a French dictation in class. ▪ give sb ▪ The teacher gave them a dictation. ▪ take …   Collocations dictionary

• dictation — [[t]dɪkte͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Dictation is the speaking or reading aloud of words for someone else to write down. ...taking dictation from the dean of the Faculty... He had had an arm amputated and relied on her to take down his books from… …   English dictionary

• Dictation (exercise) — Dictée redirects here. For the book by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, see Dictee. Dictation is the transcription of spoken text: one person who is dictating speaks and another who is taking dictation writes down the words as they are spoken. La dictée… …   Wikipedia

• take — verb ADVERB ▪ well ▪ badly ▪ She took the news of her father s death very badly. ▪ seriously ▪ I wanted to be taken seriously as an artist …   Collocations dictionary