dictate
verb (used with object)
to say or read (something) aloud for another person to transcribe or for a machine to record.
am dictating
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present progressiveof dictate (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
I am dictating this letter to Doc Billings as I myself am illiterate, but I trust he will convey my words to you adequately.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
I am master here, and I am dictating terms.
From Skylark Three by Wessolowski, Hans Waldemar
I counted on Augustine to write; but she has gone away and I am dictating this letter to another person.
From A Cardinal Sin by Sue, Eugène
Just so, while I am dictating these memoirs of my life, I shall not be able to avoid splutterings, however out of place and inconvenient.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo
I believe that London lies to the Northeast of the place at which I am dictating these words.
From The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography by Strachey, John St. Loe
