- command, bid, bidding, dictation - an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
--1 is a kind of speech act
--1 has particulars:countermand; order; commission, charge, direction; commandment; injunction; behest; open sesame Derived forms: verb dictate3, verb dictate1 - dictation - speech intended for reproduction in writing
--2 is a kind of speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
Derived form: verb dictate2 - dictation - matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage; "he mailed the dictation without bothering to read it"
--3 is a kind of matter
Derived form: verb dictate2