transcribe

transcribe [tran-skrahyb] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for transcribe on Thesaurus.com verb (used with object), tran·scribed, tran·scrib·ing.

1. to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
2. to make an exact copy of (a document, text, etc.).
3. to write out in another language or alphabet; translate or transliterate: to transcribe Chinese into English characters.
4. Phonetics. to represent (speech sounds) in written phonetic or phonemic symbols.
5. Radio. to make a recording of (a program, announcement, etc.) for broadcasting.
6. Music. to arrange (a composition) for a medium other than that for which it was originally written.
7. 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 Related formstran·scrib·er, nounmis·tran·scribe, verb (used with object), mis·tran·scribed, mis·tran·scrib·ing.non·tran·scrib·ing, adjectivepre·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 Related Words for transcribe translate, rewrite, reproduce, duplicate, decipher, interpret, reprint, engross, render, note, record, tape, transfer, transliterate, tape-record Examples from the Web for transcribe Contemporary Examples of transcribe

And we could make copies of these digital files on our computers and transcribe anywhere anytime we wanted.

Going Public With the Nixon Tapes

Scott Porch

August 7, 2014

Have one friend with the tendency to transcribe her day from breakfast to bed?

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Nina Strochlic

September 24, 2013

Historical Examples of transcribe

“Quite so, sir,” I said, and continued to transcribe from the printed page.

Ruggles of Red Gap

Harry Leon Wilson

I shall regret all my life I did not transcribe this letter.

The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete

Duc de Saint-Simon

I cannot forbear to transcribe what a friend has written to me.

The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX

Various

As the tale differs in some particulars from that already given, I will transcribe it.

Welsh Folk-Lore

Elias Owen

But we need not transcribe further this overwhelming document.

Short Studies on Great Subjects

James Anthony Froude

British Dictionary definitions for transcribe transcribe verb (tr)

1. to write, type, or print out fully from speech, notes, etc
2. to make a phonetic transcription of
3. to transliterate or translate
4. to make an electrical recording of (a programme or speech) for a later broadcast
5. music to rewrite (a piece of music) for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended; arrange
6. computing
   1. to transfer (information) from one storage device, such as punched cards, to another, such as magnetic tape
   2. to transfer (information) from a computer to an external storage device
7. (usually passive) biochem to convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, esp messenger RNASee also genetic code, translate (def. 6)

Derived Formstranscribable, adjectivetranscriber, nounWord Origin for transcribe C16: from Latin transcrībere, from trans- + scrībere to write Word Origin and History for transcribe v.

1550s, from Latin transcribere “to copy, write again in another place, write over, transfer,” from trans- “over” (see trans-) + scribere “write” (see script (n.)). To do it poorly is to transcribble (1746). Related: Transcribed; transcribing.