dictation

Other forms of dictation

plural

dictations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dictation

What does dictation mean?

dictation means "an authoritative direction or instruction to do something". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dictation?

dictation has 3 syllables: dic-ta-tion. The stress falls on "ta". In IPA it is /dɪkˈteɪʃən/.

What is another word for dictation?

Close synonyms include command, bid, bidding. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dictation a common word?

dictation is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with dictation?

89 words rhyme with dictation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.