Dictation definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DICTATION, n. The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing. It affords security against the dictation of laws. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an ... direction or instruction to do something [syn: command, bid, bidding, dictation] 2: speech intended for reproduction in writing 3: matter that ... and transcribed; a dictated passage; "he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it" Merriam Webster's noun Date ... an instance of this. c a command. Phrases and idioms: dictation speed a slow rate of speech suitable for dictation. ...
... n 1: someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation) [syn: stenographer, amanuensis, shorthand typist] Merriam Webster's noun (plural ... with secretarial duties Date: 1619 one employed to write from dictation or to copy manuscript Oxford Reference Dictionary n. (pl. amanuenses) 1 a person who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts. 2 a literary assistant. Etymology: L f ...
... n 1: someone skilled in the transcription of speech (especially dictation) [syn: stenographer, amanuensis, shorthand typist] Merriam Webster's noun Date ... shorthand 2. a person employed chiefly to take and transcribe dictation Webster's 1913 Dictionary Stenographer Ste*nog"ra*pher, n ...
... to the various literary processes followed during the 1st century. Dictation was largely followed by Paul, the names of at least ... arising from the confusion of vowels and diphthongs, especially in dictation. Thus, iota (i) is constantly written as epsilon-iota (ei ...
... 3:4). It is a process of nothing other than "dictation" which is thus described (2Sa 14:3,19), though, of ... may remain open of the exact processes by which this dictation is accomplished. The fundamental passage which brings the central fact ...
... 2005) n 1: a tape recorder that records and reproduces dictation Merriam Webster's trademark — used for a dictating machine Oxford ... form of phonographic recorder and reproducer adapted for use in dictation, as in business.
... direction or instruction to do something [syn: command, bid, bidding, dictation] 2: a request to be present; "they came at his ... call, calling, calling forth, charge, command, commandment, convocation, demand, dictate, dictation, direct order, direction, engraved invitation, evocation, hest, imperative, indent, injunction ...
... to be at liberty to act as one chooses without dictation from anybody. Note: Master, signifying chief, principal, masterly, superior, thoroughly ...