Noun

• S: (n) command, bid, bidding, dictation (an authoritative direction or instruction to do something)
• S: (n) dictation (speech intended for reproduction in writing)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) dictation (matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage) "he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it"