[dik-tey-shuh
n] 
| 1. | the act or manner of dictating for reproduction in writing. |
| 2. | the act or manner of transcribing words uttered by another. |
| 3. | words that are dictated or that are reproduced from dictation. |
| 4. | the playing or singing of music to be notated by a listener, esp. as a technique of training the ear. |
| 5. | music notated from dictation. |
| 6. | the act of commanding arbitrarily. |
| 7. | something commanded. |