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transcribe

[tran-skrahyb]

verb (used with object)

transcribed, transcribing 
  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).



transcribe

/ ٰæˈɪ /

verb

  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 RNA See also genetic code translate

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • transcriber noun
  • mistranscribe verb (used with object)
  • nontranscribing adjective
  • pretranscribe verb (used with object)
  • retranscribe verb (used with object)
  • untranscribed adjective
  • ٰˈ noun
  • ٰˈ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of transcribe1

First recorded in 1545–55; from Latin ٰԲī “to copy off,” literally, “to write across,” from ٰԲ- trans- + ī “to write” ( scribe 1 )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of transcribe1

C16: from Latin tranī , from trans- + ī to write
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Last but not least, there is the audience, your stand-ins at the Winter Garden Theatre, which laughed at the jokes and applauded the big speeches, transcribed from Murrow’s own.

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Ueno sent audio of the six-minute interview to the Full Count offices in Japan, where the recording was transcribed by an English-speaking reporter, who then used the quotes to write a story.

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Teams have been creating high resolution images, transcribing the data and uploading it onto Kew's portal, which grants researchers worldwide remote access to the collection.

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In a different call center, Kevin Asuncion transcribed medical visits from half a world away, in the United States.

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On Thursday, it was revealed Co-op staff were being urged to keep their cameras on during Teams meetings, ordered not to record or transcribe calls, and to verify that all participants were genuine Co-op staff.

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