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# dictation

noun (dictation, dictations)

«dictation» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Dictation is saying words aloud so that someone else can write them down exactly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictation/#m1)
2. A dictation can be the passage that is read aloud for pupils to write. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictation/#m2)

### In the lessons

in lessons a teacher reads a passage aloud and pupils write it down; in old tales a prince writes a letter at a vizier's dictation, meaning as the vizier tells him to

### Examples

- We had a spelling dictation today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictation/#x1)
- The prince wrote the letter at the vizier's dictation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictation/#x2)
- Write down every word of the teacher's dictation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictation/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: A legend says Ben Sira wrote Sefer Yetzirah at Joseph's dictation, to explain how a book of secret wisdom was passed on. In the primary lessons: in lessons a teacher reads a passage aloud and pupils write it down; in old tales a prince writes a letter at a vizier's dictation, meaning as the vizier tells him to

### Examples

- Immediately Joseph sat down and wrote down the sefer Yetzirah at the dictation of B'"usy." (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictation/#x1)
- Immediately Joseph sat down and wrote down these words at the dictation of ty"Bsy \[Ben Sira\], and he wrote them in five books on the earth : Sefer Yetzirah, etc." (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictation/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dictation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dictation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dictation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dictation.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «dictation» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dictation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dictation» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/dictation.html) on Mova free.