Dictation

Noun

1. Dictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.

   "Since I learned shorthand, I can take dictation at eighty words a minute."

2. An activity in school where the teacher reads a passage aloud and the students write it down.
3. The act of ordering or commanding.
4. Orders given in an overbearing manner.

   "His habit, even with friends, was that of dictation."