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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something;
[syn: command, bid, bidding, dictation]

2. speech intended for reproduction in writing;

3. matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage;
- Example: "he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dictation n 1: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something [syn: command, bid, bidding, dictation] 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"