dictating
口述筆記
解説 Definition
dictating は dictate（口述する、書き取らせる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。誰かが話した内容を別の人が書き取る場面や、文章を声に出して入力する場面で使われます。
Speaking words so that another person or a device can write or record them, especially when composing letters, notes, or reports. It is the present participle and gerund form of “dictate” in its oral-composition sense.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 dictate「口述する」の語末 e を取って -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、dictating と綴ります。dictating a letter to an assistant や dictating notes into a phone のように、話した内容を人や機器に文字化させる場面で覚えます。「命令する」の語義もあるため、文脈と目的語を確認しましょう。
Start with dictate and drop the final e before adding -ing: dictate becomes dictating. Connect the dict- element with words and saying, as in dictionary and dictation. Picture a doctor dictating notes after an appointment or a manager dictating a letter to an assistant. Useful patterns include dictating a report, dictating notes, and dictating something to someone or into a device. Dictate can also mean “give orders” or “determine something authoritatively,” so look at the object and situation to identify the intended oral-composition sense.
例文
The doctor was dictating notes after each appointment.
医師は診察のたびにメモを口述していました。
She is dictating a letter to her assistant.
彼女は助手に手紙を口述しています。
He prefers dictating reports because typing takes him too long.
彼は入力に時間がかかるため、報告書は口述するほうを好みます。
dictating の類義語・関連語
dictating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 dicere（言う）由来の語根 dict- に接尾辞-ing が付きます。文字通り『口頭で発した言葉を書き取る』行為を示すため、「口述筆記」という意味に直結しており語源が明確です。同根語に dictionary（辞書）と contradict（矛盾する）があります。
Dictating is formed from dictate plus the suffix -ing, with the final e removed. Dictate came from Latin dictare, “to say repeatedly, prescribe, or compose aloud,” an intensive form related to dicere, “to say.” Its dict- element appears in many English words involving saying or stated language, including diction, dictionary, and contradict. The oral-writing sense developed directly from speaking words for another person to copy and now also applies to speech entered into electronic recording or transcription systems.
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