dictation
nounB2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
nounPlural noun:
dictations
- 1.
(countable, uncountable)Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.
Since I learned shorthand, I can take dictation at eighty words a minute.
- 2.
(countable, uncountable)An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down.
- 3.
(countable)The act of ordering or commanding.
- 4.
(uncountable)Orders given in an overbearing manner.
His habit, even with friends, was that of dictation.
Nguồn gốc từ
ine-pro From dictātiō, noun of action from dictātus, the perfect passive participle of dictō. dictate.