dictation

Noun
Synonyms: commandbidbidding

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. an authoritative direction or instruction to do somethingSynonyms: commandbidbidding
  2. speech intended for reproduction in writing
  3. matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage“he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Dictation \Dic*ta"tion\, n. [L. dictatio.]

1.The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated. [1913 Webster]

It affords security against the dictation of laws.— Paley.[1913 Webster]

2.The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation. [1913 Webster]

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