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dictation

 
 
/dɪkˈteɪʃən/ noun

Translation

SPEAKING [U] when someone speaks or reads something for someone else to write down
dikte, yazdırma
295
TEST [C, U] when a teacher says or reads something for students to write down as a test
yazdırma sınavı, dikte alıştırması
1373
(Definition of dictation noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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