dictation
(noun) matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage; “he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it”
dictation
(noun) speech intended for reproduction in writing
command, bid, bidding, dictation
(noun) an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dictation (countable and uncountable, plural dictations)
(uncountable) Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words
(countable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down
(countable) The act of ordering or commanding
(uncountable) Orders given in an overbearing manner
Source: Wiktionary
Dic*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. dictatio.]
1. The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated. It affords security against the dictation of laws. Paley.
2. The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictatio.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
