dictation

Definition

Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

• "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."