"dictation" in the noun sense
1. command, bid, bidding, dictation
an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
2. dictation
speech intended for reproduction in writing
3. dictation
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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