how to pronounce dictation

/dɪkˈtɛɪ.ʃən/

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dictation is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of dictation in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… full voice dictation in half the time …”

meaning of dictation

Dictation is the act of dictating a written text to a secretary or assistant.

dictation frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word dictation occurs in english on average 1.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics dictation can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that dictation can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;