What is another word for dictations?

Pronunciation: [dɪktˈe͡ɪʃənz] (IPA)

Dictations refer to the act of speaking while someone else writes it down. Synonyms for dictations are many and varied. They can be described as spoken records, reports, transcriptions, or recitals. Other similar phrases include vocalizations, declarations, enunciations, and pronouncements. Dictations can also be referred to as spoken commands, directions, instructions, or orders. Speeches, presentations, lectures, and sermons are other synonyms that describe the act of dictating information verbally. These synonyms are interchangeable and can be used depending on the context of the situation. Regardless of which synonym is used, the common thread is that they all describe the communication of information through spoken words.

What are the hypernyms for Dictations?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Dictations

So far as mythology and present day conditions can inform us the bride has always gone to the home of her husband and, for a time at least, has been subject to the dictations of her mother-in-law, although the couple are generally soon established in a home of their own, in the town of the groom.
"Traditions of the Tinguian: A Study in Philippine Folk-Lore"
Fay-Cooper Cole
Or, to put the case under a slightly different form:-When the astronomer, the physicist, the geologist, or the naturalist notes down a series of observed facts or measured dates, he is not an author expressing his own ideas,-he is a mere amanuensis taking down the dictations of nature: his observation book is the record of the thoughts of another mind: he has but set down literally what he himself does not understand, or only very imperfectly.
"A Candid Examination of Theism"
George John Romanes
The lectures were mere dictations from manuscript, necessitated by the lack of accessible texts.
"An American at Oxford"
John Corbin

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