nnoun.communicationan authoritative direction or instruction to do somethingSynset:bid bidding command
Derivationally Related Form:dictatecommandbid
Hypernyms:speech act
Inherited Hypernyms:commandspeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:behestchargecommandmentcommissioncountermanddirectioninjunctionopen sesameorder
Full Hyponyms:behestcall upcommandmentcommissioncountermandinjunctionmarching ordersmisdirectionopen sesameordersummonsword
nnoun.communicationspeech intended for reproduction in writingDerivationally Related Form:dictate
Hypernyms:language oral communication speech speech communication spoken communication spoken language voice communication
Inherited Hypernyms:dictationspeechauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationmatter that has been dictated and transcribed; a dictated passageExamples:- he signed and mailed his dictation without bothering to read it
Derivationally Related Form:dictate
Hypernyms:matter
Inherited Hypernyms:dictationmatterwritingwritten communicationcommunicationabstractionentity