Fact · Dictation
The Cambridge English Dictionary defines dictation, as an uncountable noun, as the activity of dictating something for someone else to write down.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“the activity of dictating something for someone else to write down”
Dictation: meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, 2026, Entry for dictation, first sense (uncountable noun).
Open the original- What it measures
- The entry gives the example take dictation, meaning to write down what someone says. The noun is uncountable in this sense, so you say some dictation or take dictation, not a dictation.
- What it does not show
- The entry describes the word, not the technology. It says nothing about software that writes what you say.