noun an authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
— synonyms: command, bid, bidding
noun speech intended for reproduction in writing.
noun matter that has been dictated and transcribed.
Examples
“Since I learned shorthand, I can take dictation at eighty words a minute.”
“1908: Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables - We had reading and geography and Canadian history and dictation today.”
“1852: Lysander Spooner, An Essay on the Trial by Jury - ...jurors in England have formerly understood it to be their right and duty to judge only according to their consciences, and not to submit to any dictation from the court, either as to law or fact.”