dictate
verb (used with object)
to say or read (something) aloud for another person to transcribe or for a machine to record.
is dictating
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present progressiveof dictate (3rd 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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To some analysts, moves like that suggest that the market is dictating interest rates now, even more than the Fed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
"Our zip code is dictating our health, and plastics therefore are a major environmental justice issue, because these are communities of color and low-income communities," Enck said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
"Almost everything you read is there because somebody placed it there - somebody is dictating a story."
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2025
“The market is dictating certain prices we have to pay,” she said, citing complicated COVID-19 cases of patients with kidney failure who stay in intensive care units for several days.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2021
He feels that some one outside himself is dictating.
From Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy by Josephine A. Jackson
