transcribe

[ tran-skrahyb ]

/ trænˈskraɪb /

verb (used with object), tran·scribed, tran·scrib·ing.

to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).

to make an exact copy of (a document, text, etc.).

to write out in another language or alphabet; translate or transliterate: to transcribe Chinese into English characters.

Phonetics. to represent (speech sounds) in written phonetic or phonemic symbols.

Radio. to make a recording of (a program, announcement, etc.) for broadcasting.

Music. to arrange (a composition) for a medium other than that for which it was originally written.

Genetics. to effect genetic transcription of (a DNA molecule template).

Origin of transcribe

1545–55; < Latin trānscrībere to copy off, equivalent to trāns- trans- + scrībere to write. See scribe¹

OTHER WORDS FROM transcribe

tran·scrib·er, noun mis·tran·scribe, verb (used with object), mis·tran·scribed, mis·tran·scrib·ing. non·tran·scrib·ing, adjective pre·tran·scribe, verb (used with object), pre·tran·scribed, pre·tran·scrib·ing.

re·tran·scribe, verb (used with object), re·tran·scribed, re·tran·scrib·ing. un·tran·scribed, adjective

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transcribe

/ (trænˈskraɪb) /

verb (tr)

to write, type, or print out fully from speech, notes, etc

to make a phonetic transcription of

to transliterate or translate

to make an electrical recording of (a programme or speech) for a later broadcast

music to rewrite (a piece of music) for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended; arrange

computing

to transfer (information) from one storage device, such as punched cards, to another, such as magnetic tape
to transfer (information) from a computer to an external storage device

(usually passive) biochem to convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, esp messenger RNA See also genetic code, translate (def. 6)

Derived forms of transcribe

transcribable, adjective transcriber, noun

Word Origin for transcribe

C16: from Latin transcrībere, from trans- + scrībere to write

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transcribe

verb (used with object), tran·scribed, tran·scrib·ing.

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transcribe

verb (used with object), tran·scribed, tran·scrib·ing.

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