Want to use Dictation correctly in a sentence? These 20 example sentences show the word in context, together with its meaning and synonyms like command or language.
Dictation in a sentence
Related words
Dictation meaning
- Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.
- An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down.
- The act of ordering or commanding.
Example sentences (20)
Examinations in music history, music theory, ear training/dictation, and an entrance examination-recital, are required.
Dictation of thought in the absence of all control exercised by reason, outside of all aesthetic and moral preoccupation.
Immigration officials were given the power to exclude any person who failed to pass a 50-word dictation test.
Compact cassettes were initially used for dictation machines for office typing stenographers and professional journalists.
Bibliography Non-fiction * citation Moore took Hollander's dictation, and Dunleavy transcribed the results.
Healthcare providers might employ these systems for more natural patient interactions and dictation.
Parry and Lord also showed that the most likely source for written texts of the epics of Homer was dictation from an oral performance.
This, again, is explainable by the possibility that Paul requested one of his companions to write the letter for him under his dictation.
She provided him with a cabin for his own use and helped him with his writing through organization, dictation, editing, and encouragement.
But when it was transmitted, Moses merely wrote it down like a secretary taking dictation.
Also, you can take advantage of digital dictation to streamline the work process.
One big change is the new keyboard on MacBook Air that carries dedicated shortcut keys for features such as Spotlight, Dictation, and Do Not Disturb.
Ability to type from dictation and office experience not required, but preferred.
This became the predominant dictation medium up to the advent of fully digital dictation machines.
Microsoft is pitching it as a new and improved version of Windows dictation, so users can type with their voice whenever there's a text field on the PC.
Once the feature is enabled, place the cursor at the insertion point and press the microphone icon if available on the function keys, to start dictation.
During the campaign, Hicks spent most of her days fielding reporters' requests and questions — even reportedly taking dictation from Trump to post his tweets.
This requirement was a reflection of the League's belief in the sovereignty of its component nations; the League sought solution by consent, not by dictation.
Almost a week has passed since this dictation was announced, and the application of this directive has had a tumultuous impact on law and order across the country.
The skills competition included transcribing a letter and a memo, solving a common office problem and taking dictation by shorthand with many foreign words being used.
Common combinations with dictation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- dictation and 6×
- taking dictation 4×
- dictation test 4×
- digital dictation 2×
- dictation machines 2×
- and dictation 2×
- this dictation 2×
- spotlight dictation 2×
- from dictation 2×
- dictation from 2×
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