noun (n)

• an authoritative direction or instruction to do something(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  bid, bidding, command
  

  source: wordnet30
• speech intended for reproduction in writing(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage(noun.communication)

  Example:
  He signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it.
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.(noun)

  source: webster1913