How to spell dictation

Dictation is spelled D-I-C-T-A-T-I-O-N.

hear itdic·ta·tion/dɪk'teɪʃən/nounSchwa and roots

What it means: Words spoken aloud for someone else to write down.

In a sentence: The teacher gave a fun dictation to the class.

Same family: dictate, dictator, dictionary, prediction, verdict. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Dictation” comes from Latin ‘dictare,’ meaning ‘to say often’ or ‘to declare,’ plus the noun-forming ending ‘-tion.’ It’s related to many “dict-” words like “dictator,” “verdict,” and “dictionary,” all connected to speaking or saying something.

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