dictation
noun
dic·ta·tion
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Definition of dictation
1a
: prescription
b
: arbitrary command
2a(1)
: the act or manner of uttering words to be transcribed
(2)
: material that is dictated or transcribed
b(1)
: the performing of music to be reproduced by a student
(2)
: music so reproduced
Examples of dictation in a Sentence
He used a tape recorder for dictation.
Recent Examples on the Web
The phone will stop interpreting your voice as dictation at that moment. — Lauren Goode, WIRED, "An iOS 13 Preview: The 7 Top Features Coming to Your iPhone," 25 June 2019 Apple says the quality of its dictation has improved as a result of these new accessibility efforts. — Chris Welch, The Verge, "macOS Catalina first look: goodbye iTunes, hello iPad apps on Mac," 24 June 2019 In an effort to revive its fortunes in the region, Apple offered software updates tailored toward China including the addition of voice dictation in the Shanghai dialect and support for QR codes, used widely for mobile payments. — Tripp Mickle, WSJ, "Apple’s Challenge: Win Over China With Pricey New iPhones," 13 Sep. 2018 Accessibility iOS 13 contains a fair number of enhancements around voice control and voice dictation that have the potential to help those with certain physical disabilities get more out of their devices. — Lauren Goode, WIRED, "An iOS 13 Preview: The 7 Top Features Coming to Your iPhone," 25 June 2019 Word and OneNote will be the first web apps to get dictation and PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook will all get the same feature in 2019. — Tom Warren, The Verge, "Microsoft is bringing dictation to its Office web apps to help people with dyslexia," 15 Oct. 2018 In other words, by taking dictation from ISS or Glass Lewis, an institutional investor could protect itself from lawsuits. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Cracking the Proxy Racket," 17 Sep. 2018 In 2017, Google debuted a dictation feature for the Gboard iPhone app that can recognize a person’s voice and send messages to others, negating the need to manually enter text. — Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, "Google Brings Morse Code to the iPhone," 12 July 2018 In the workplace, the most common tasks performed by smart assistants include voice dictation, employee calendar management, email management and customer services, according to the Spiceworks survey. — Angus Loten, WSJ, "Alexa, Can Voice Assistants Introduce Corporate Cybersecurity Risks?," 5 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dictation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for dictation
dictation
noun
English Language Learners Definition of dictation
: the act of speaking words that someone writes down or that a machine records : the act of dictating words
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dictation
noun
dic·ta·tion
| \ dik-ˈtā-shən
\
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Kids Definition of dictation
: the act of speaking words for someone else to write down or for a machine to record the words spoken
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