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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪkˈteɪʃən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dictation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dictations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Late Latin dictātiō, noun of action from dictātus, the perfect passive participle of dictō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*deyḱ-}}, {{bor|en|LL.|dictātiō}} Late Latin dictātiō, {{m|la|dictātus}} dictātus, {{m|la|dictō}} dictō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dictation (countable and uncountable, plural dictations)
  1. (countable, uncountable) Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Dictation, Talking Translations (the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words): إِمْلَاء (ʔimlāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), дикто́вка (diktóvka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), dictee [neuter] (Dutch), sanelu (Finnish), dictée [feminine] (French), კარნახი (ḳarnaxi) (Georgian), υπαγόρευση (ypagórefsi) [feminine] (Greek), הַכתָבָה (hakhtava) [feminine] (Hebrew), upplestur [masculine] (Icelandic), dikte (Indonesian), deachtú [masculine] (Irish), dettato [masculine] (Italian), āhukareo (Maori), دیکته (dikte) (Persian), ditado [masculine] (Portuguese), дикто́вка f дикта́нт (diktóvka) [feminine] (Russian), dictado [masculine] (Spanish), diktamen [common-gender] (Swedish), дикт́ант (dikt́ant) [feminine] (Tajik), дикта́нт (dyktánt) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-dictation-en-noun-N2JXcZR4 Disambiguation of Dictation: 38 45 7 10 Disambiguation of Talking: 37 22 4 37 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 9 2 41 Disambiguation of 'the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words': 87 6 2 5
  2. (countable, uncountable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Dictation, Talking Translations (an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down): إِمْلَاء (ʔimlāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), թելադրություն (tʿeladrutʿyun) (Armenian), дыкто́ўка (dyktóŭka) [feminine] (Belarusian), дыкта́нт (dyktánt) [masculine] (Belarusian), дикто́вка (diktóvka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 聽寫 (Chinese Mandarin), 听写 (tīngxiě) (Chinese Mandarin), diktát [masculine] (Czech), sanelu (Finnish), dictée [feminine] (French), Diktat [neuter] (German), υπαγόρευση (ypagórefsi) [feminine] (Greek), הַכתָבָה (hakhtava) [feminine] (Hebrew), tollbamondás (Hungarian), dikte (Indonesian), dettato [masculine] (Italian), 聞き取り (kikitori) (alt: ききとり) (Japanese), 받아쓰기 (badasseugi) (Korean), āhukareo (Maori), دیکته (dikte) (Persian), املا (emlâ) (Persian), dyktando [neuter] (Polish), ditado [masculine] (Portuguese), дикта́нт (diktánt) [masculine] (Russian), diktát [masculine] (Slovak), diktamen [common-gender, neuter] (Swedish), การเขียนตามคำบอก (Thai), дикта́нт (dyktánt) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-dictation-en-noun-SfCWo7yS Disambiguation of Dictation: 38 45 7 10 Disambiguation of Talking: 37 22 4 37 Disambiguation of 'an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down': 4 92 0 4
  3. (countable) The act of ordering or commanding. Tags: countable Translations (the act of ordering or commanding): нареждане (nareždane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), sanelu (Finnish), ordine [masculine] (Italian), ordem [feminine] (Portuguese), предписа́ние (predpisánije) [neuter] (Russian), распоряже́ние (rasporjažénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dictation-en-noun-NUBPz2l9 Disambiguation of 'the act of ordering or commanding': 1 1 94 4
  4. (uncountable) Orders given in an overbearing manner. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Talking Translations (orders given in an overbearing manner): предписа́ние (predpisánie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), sanelu (Finnish), განკარგულება (ganḳarguleba) (Georgian), ბრძანება (brʒaneba) (Georgian), განაწესი (ganac̣esi) (Georgian), მითითება (mititeba) (Georgian), ordine [masculine] (Italian), دیکته کردن (dikte kardan) (Persian), ditame [masculine] (Portuguese), повеле́ние (povelénije) (Russian), приказа́ние (prikazánije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-dictation-en-noun-zOSAqajB Disambiguation of Talking: 37 22 4 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 13 2 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 9 2 41 Disambiguation of 'orders given in an overbearing manner': 4 2 2 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dictational, dictation machine, musical dictation, redictation, running dictation, shouting dictation

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "ʔimlāʔ",
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          "roman": "tʿeladrutʿyun",
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          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
          "word": "聽寫"
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          "_dis1": "4 92 0 4",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "tīngxiě",
          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
          "word": "听写"
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          "code": "cs",
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          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
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          "word": "diktát"
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
          "word": "sanelu"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "dictée"
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Diktat"
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 0 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ypagórefsi",
          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "υπαγόρευση"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 0 4",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hakhtava",
          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "הַכתָבָה"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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          "word": "tollbamondás"
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
          "word": "dikte"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
          "tags": [
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          "alt": "ききとり",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kikitori",
          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
          "word": "聞き取り"
        },
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "badasseugi",
          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
          "word": "받아쓰기"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 0 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
          "word": "āhukareo"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 92 0 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dikte",
          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
          "word": "دیکته"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 0 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "emlâ",
          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
          "word": "املا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 0 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "dyktando"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 0 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ditado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 0 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "diktánt",
          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дикта́нт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 0 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "diktát"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 0 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "diktamen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 0 4",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
          "word": "การเขียนตามคำบอก"
        },
        {
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        "(uncountable) Orders given in an overbearing manner."
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          "sense": "orders given in an overbearing manner",
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        "(uncountable) Orders given in an overbearing manner."
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      "sense": "the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "კარნახი"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "הַכתָבָה"
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      "sense": "the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words",
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      "sense": "the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words",
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      "word": "deachtú"
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      "sense": "the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "āhukareo"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дикто́вка f дикта́нт"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words",
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      "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
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      "roman": "dyktóŭka",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "dictée"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
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      "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
      "word": "tollbamondás"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
      "word": "dikte"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
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      "alt": "ききとり",
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      "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
      "word": "聞き取り"
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      "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
      "word": "받아쓰기"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "emlâ",
      "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
      "word": "املا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dyktando"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ditado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "diktánt",
      "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дикта́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diktát"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "diktamen"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
      "word": "การเขียนตามคำบอก"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dyktánt",
      "sense": "an activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дикта́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nareždane",
      "sense": "the act of ordering or commanding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "нареждане"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the act of ordering or commanding",
      "word": "sanelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of ordering or commanding",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ordine"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of ordering or commanding",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ordem"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predpisánije",
      "sense": "the act of ordering or commanding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "предписа́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rasporjažénije",
      "sense": "the act of ordering or commanding",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "распоряже́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predpisánie",
      "sense": "orders given in an overbearing manner",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "предписа́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "orders given in an overbearing manner",
      "word": "sanelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ganḳarguleba",
      "sense": "orders given in an overbearing manner",
      "word": "განკარგულება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "brʒaneba",
      "sense": "orders given in an overbearing manner",
      "word": "ბრძანება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ganac̣esi",
      "sense": "orders given in an overbearing manner",
      "word": "განაწესი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mititeba",
      "sense": "orders given in an overbearing manner",
      "word": "მითითება"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "orders given in an overbearing manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ordine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "dikte kardan",
      "sense": "orders given in an overbearing manner",
      "word": "دیکته کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "orders given in an overbearing manner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ditame"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "povelénije",
      "sense": "orders given in an overbearing manner",
      "word": "повеле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prikazánije",
      "sense": "orders given in an overbearing manner",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "приказа́ние"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dictation"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": diktánt vs. diktóvka",
  "path": [
    "dictation"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "dictation",
  "trace": ""
}

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