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 Definitions of transcribe  [ænˈskraɪb]  

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Definition of 'transcribe' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) transcribe
to make a written or typed copy of (spoken material).

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

3.  transcribe
to write out in another language or alphabet; translate or transliterate.

4.  transcribe
to represent (speech sounds) in written phonetic symbols.

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

6.  transcribe
to make a musical transcription of.

7.  transcribe
to cause to undergo genetic transcription.

Etymology:  (1545–55; < L trānscrībere=trāns-trans - +scrībere to write)

Definition of 'transcribe' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) transcribe
write out from speech, notes, etc.
"Transcribe the oral history of this tribe"

2. (verb) transliterate, transcribe
rewrite in a different script
"The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated"

3. (verb) transcribe
rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended

4. (verb) transcribe
make a phonetic transcription of
"The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant"

5. (verb) transcribe
convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA


Definition of 'transcribe' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) transcribe
to write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter



'transcribe' - Nearby Entries  

transcontinental  transcortical aphasia  transcribe  transcribed  transcriber  transcript  transcriptase  



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