dictation

英 [dɪk'teɪʃ(ə)n] 美[dɪk'teʃən]

• n. 听写；口述；命令

1. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

2. speech intended for reproduction in writing

3. matter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passage;

"he mailed the dictation without bothering to read it"