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
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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
"But what has the bomb to do," said Charles, "with what I am dictating to you?—go on."
From The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection by Various
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 Eugène Sue
I am master here, and I am dictating terms.
From Skylark Three by Hans Waldemar Wessolowski
But I am dictating instead of receiving instruction.—Tell me then whether you think these votes should have been taken separately?
From The Letters of Pliny the Younger by William Melmoth
