dictate
verb (used with object)
to say or read (something) aloud for another person to transcribe or for a machine to record.
has been dictating
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present perfect progressiveof dictate (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Indeed, as Justice Stephanie F. Stacy wrote in concurrence, the state Legislature has been dictating the process of reenfranchisement since 1875, when the current constitution was ratified.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2024
The words he has been dictating have been life-affirming, dark, funny and alive to his reality.
From BBC ● Feb. 4, 2023
Since then, Kureishi, 68, a novelist, screenwriter, playwright and director best known for “My Beautiful Laundrette” and “The Buddha of Suburbia,” has been dictating daily dispatches from his hospital bed.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2023
And things are going to be brought along at a deliberate pace, in deference to the COVID-19 pandemic which has been dictating the schedule of just about every sports entity on the planet.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 20, 2020
Soon after Miss Langton came into the drawing-room, and I said, 'Well, you have been busy; I suppose Miss Freer has been dictating to you?'
From The Alleged Haunting of B—— House by A. Goodrich-Freer
