dictation

American  

[dik-tey-shuhn] / dɪkˈteɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the act or manner of dictating for reproduction in writing.

2. the act or manner of transcribing words uttered by another.

3. words that are dictated or that are reproduced from dictation.

4. the playing or singing of music to be notated by a listener, especially as a technique of training the ear.

5. music notated from dictation.

6. the act of commanding arbitrarily.

7. something commanded.

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dictation British  

/ dɪkˈteɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of dictating material to be recorded or taken down in writing

2. the material dictated

3. authoritative commands or the act of giving them

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Other Word Forms

• dictational adjective
• nondictation noun

Etymology

Origin of dictation

1650–60; < Late Latin dictātiōn- (stem of dictātiō ) a dictating < Latin dictāt ( us ) ( dictate ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

He speaks for hours with his computer and phone, sending emails, writing presentations, posting on LinkedIn and even coding through conversations using an AI dictation app from San Francisco startup, Wispr Flow.

From Los Angeles Times

An OpenAI spokeswoman says that the company has seen a big uptick in adoption of dictation and conversation mode in the ChatGPT apps in the past year.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I do not file his papers or keep his books. Nor do I take down Mr. Pinkerton’s dictations.”

From Literature

In a carefully honed routine, aided by voice dictation, he could finish writing an X-ray report in as little as 75 seconds.

From The Wall Street Journal

To clone their voices, No ID had them read a standardized voice-over script to capture tone, dictation and voice characteristics.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• transcription