dictation

UK/dik'teiʃən/US/dik'teiʃәn/

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Definitions

The act of saying words aloud for someone to write down; a school exercise of writing down spoken words

口授；听写

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

dictsay, speak, declare; point out

-ationact, process, state

=dictation

dictate + -ion (act of) = the act of speaking for someone to write. In schools, a dictation is the classic listen-and-write exercise — the teacher says, the student writes.

Root dic still carries 82 more words

Example Sentences

1.
The students took dictation as the teacher read the passage slowly.
2.
He wrote the report from his manager's dictation.

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