dictation
US: /dɪkˈteɪʃən/
UK: /dɪktˈeɪʃən/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
dictation /dik'teiʃn/- danh từ
- sự đọc cho viết, sự đọc chính tả
- to write at somebody's dictation: viết theo ai đọc
- bái chính tả
- sự sai khiến, sự ra lệnh
- to do something at somebody's dictation: làm việc gì theo sự sai khiến của ai, làm việc gì theo lệnh của ai
- (như) dictate
- sự đọc cho viết, sự đọc chính tả
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [U] the act of speaking or reading aloud so that sb can write down the words
2 [C, U] a test in which students write down what is being read aloud to them, especially in language lessons
Collocation
VERB + DICTATION
do, have
We did a French dictation in class.
| give sb
The teacher gave them a dictation.
| take
Her secretary is very good at taking dictation.
PREP.
at sb's ~
I wrote some letters at his dictation.
| from ~
I find it difficult to write letters from dictation.
| in a/the ~
We had some very difficult words in our dictation.
Concise dictionary
dictations-eɪʃnnoun
+an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
+speech intended for reproduction in writing
+matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage
