· an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
Synonym(s): command, bid, bidding
Hypernym(s): speech_act
· speech intended for reproduction in writing
Hypernym(s): speech, speech_communication, spoken_communication, spoken_language, language, voice_communication, oral_communication
· matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage; "he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it"
Hypernym(s): matter