dictate
verb (used with object)
to say or read (something) aloud for another person to transcribe or for a machine to record.
have been dictating
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present perfect progressiveof dictate.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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The problem: instead of allowing designers to work their magic, bureaucrats in Tokyo have been dictating, Henry Ford-like, what is good for the customer.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have been dictating some fearful things, for 4 successive mornings—for no eye but yours to see until I have been dead a century—if then.
From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 5 (1901-1906) by Paine, Albert Bigelow
"I have been dictating my story to my nun."
From The House of Martha by Stockton, Frank Richard
And in order to keep awake I have been dictating this account to a stenographer.
From The Blind Spot by Hall, Austin
Because you have been dictating to me on all these matters.
From The Prime Minister by Trollope, Anthony
