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dictation

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9 lettersPronunciation /dɪkˈteɪʃən/Part of speech nounSorted acdiinottStarts with DEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage

Word origin

From Late Latin dictātiō, noun of action from dictātus, the perfect passive participle of dictō. By surface analysis, dictate + -ion.

Used in a sentence

  • Since I learned shorthand, I can take dictation at eighty words a minute.
  • We had reading and geography and Canadian history and dictation today.
  • ...jurors in England have formerly understood it to be their right and duty to judge only according to their consciences, and not to submit to any dictation from the court, either as to law or fact.

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