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dictation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dictation has 3 senses
- dictation(n = noun.communication) bid, bidding, command - an authoritative direction or instruction to do something; Array is a kind of speech act
- dictation(n = noun.communication) Array - speech intended for reproduction in writing; Array is a kind of language, oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication
- dictation(n = noun.communication) Array - matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage; "he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it" is a kind of matter
has particulars: countermand, order, charge, commission, direction, commandment, injunction, behest, open sesame
Derived forms verb dictate1, verb dictate3
Derived form verb dictate2
Derived form verb dictate2
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dictation, n.
1 a the saying of words to be written down or recorded. b an instance of this, esp. as a school exercise. c the material that is dictated.
2 a authoritative prescription. b an instance of this. c a command.
1 a the saying of words to be written down or recorded. b an instance of this, esp. as a school exercise. c the material that is dictated.
2 a authoritative prescription. b an instance of this. c a command.
Idiom
dictation speed a slow rate of speech suitable for dictation.
ROGET THESAURUS
dictation
Authority
N authority, influence, patronage, power, preponderance, credit, prestige, prerogative, jurisdiction, right, direction, government, divine right, dynastic rights, authoritativeness, absoluteness, absolutism, despotism, jus nocendi, jus divinum, mastery, mastership, masterdom, dictation, control, hold, grasp, grip, gripe, reach, iron sway, fangs, clutches, talons, rod of empire, commission, deputy, permission, at the head, dominant, paramount, supreme, predominant, preponderant, in the ascendant, influential, arbitrary, compulsory, stringent, at one's command, in one's power, in one's grasp, under control, in the name of, by the authority of, de par le Roi, in virtue of, under the auspices of, in the hands of, at one's pleasure, by a dash if the pen, by a stroke of the pen, ex mero motu, ex cathedra, from the chair, the gray mare the better horse, every inch a king.Command
N command, order, ordinance, act, fiat, hukm, bidding, dictum, hest, behest, call, beck, nod, despatch, dispatch, message, direction, injunction, charge, instructions, appointment, fixture, demand, exaction, imposition, requisition, claim, reclamation, revendication, ultimatum, request, requirement, dictation, dictate, mandate, caveat, decree, senatus consultum, precept, prescript, rescript, writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, ukaz, firman, hatti- sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation, word, word of command, mot d'ordre, bugle call, trumpet call, beat of drum, tattoo, order of the day, enactment, plebiscite, commanding, authoritative, decretory, decretive, decretal, callable, jussive, in a commanding tone, by a stroke of the pen, by a dash of the pen, by order, at beat of drum, on the first summons, the decree is gone forth, sic volo sic jubeo, le Roi le veut, boutez en avant.
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