meaning of dictation
1. The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.
2. The speaking to, or the giving orders to, in an overbearing manner; authoritative utterance; as, his habit, even with friends, was that of dictation.
3. matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage; "he mailed the dictation without bothering to read
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