DICTATION

dictation

(noun) matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage; “he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it”

dictation

(noun) speech intended for reproduction in writing

command, bid, bidding, dictation

(noun) an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

dictation (countable and uncountable, plural dictations)

(uncountable) Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words

(countable) An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down

(countable) The act of ordering or commanding

(uncountable) Orders given in an overbearing manner

Source: Wiktionary

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Dic*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. dictatio.]

1. The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated. It affords security against the dictation of laws. Paley.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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