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dictation

/dɪkˈteɪʃən/

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noun

Dictado

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

Examples :

"Since I learned shorthand, I can take dictation at eighty words a minute."

Como aprendí taquigrafía, puedo tomar dictado a ochenta palabras por minuto.

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noun

Dictado

An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down

Examples :

"1908: Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables - We had reading and geography and Canadian history and dictation today."

1908: Lucy Maud Montgomery, Ana de las Tejas Verdes - Hoy tuvimos lectura, geografía, historia canadiense y dictado.

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noun

Dictado, orden

The act of ordering or commanding

Examples :

"1852: Lysander Spooner, An Essay on the Trial by Jury - ...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."

1852: Lysander Spooner, Un ensayo sobre el juicio por jurado - ...los jurados en Inglaterra entendieron anteriormente que era su derecho y deber juzgar solo de acuerdo con su conciencia, y no someterse a ninguna orden del tribunal, ya sea en cuanto a derecho o a hechos.

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noun

Dictado, imposición

Orders given in an overbearing manner

Examples :

"His habit, even with friends, was that of dictation."

Su costumbre, incluso con amigos, era la imposición.

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