Synonyms for dictation
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.
Since I learned shorthand, I can take dictation at eighty words a minute.
Related words
- Phrases
- dictation machine
Forms
- Plural
- dictations → commands, prescriptions, biddings, rules…
Example sentences
- command We want you to take command of this unified force.
- prescription Let me write you a prescription for some medicine.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dictation | falling | |
| command | rising | |
| prescription | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bid1
- 4 letters
- rule1
- 5 letters
- order2
- 7 letters
- command2, bidding2, dictate2
- 10 letters
- imperative4
- 12 letters
- prescription3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (order2 = 2 syllables).