transcribe
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
1Other 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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How to use transcribe in a sentence
With this new integration, Otter Assistant can now join and transcribe meetings on more platforms, even if the Otter user is not attending the meeting.
Otter.ai expands automatic transcription assistant to Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and Cisco Webex | Aisha Malik | August 26, 2021 | TechCrunchStudents’ conversations and debates are recorded, transcribed and collated in a computing cloud that helps teachers tailor lesson plans based on how classmates are interacting with each other.
At the end of a trip, sit down and transcribe it into a journal, or just leave it as audio notes.
These Gear Hacks Got Me Through a 30,000-Mile Road Trip | agintzler | July 27, 2021 | Outside OnlineAs in later jobs, he often communicated to staff with memos that were dictated into a recording device and transcribed by secretaries.
Donald H. Rumsfeld, influential but controversial Bush defense secretary, dies at 88 | Bradley Graham | June 30, 2021 | Washington PostAnother two years went by before the IRS started electronically transcribing the forms.
Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank | by Justin Elliott, Patricia Callahan and James Bandler | June 24, 2021 | ProPublica
And we could make copies of these digital files on our computers and transcribe anywhere anytime we wanted.
Have one friend with the tendency to transcribe her day from breakfast to bed?
Seven Hacks to Revolutionize Your Facebook Experience | Nina Strochlic | September 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis glass is now lost, and I transcribe the verses from a detailed description of this chateau published at Paris.
I shall, therefore, transcribe from his book some of the most important remarks bearing on this matter.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksWe will only transcribe from it one phrase, as explicit as it is short.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers | Jules VerneOne of her first tasks was to transcribe the just written fourth act of Prometheus Unbound.
The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) | Florence A. Thomas MarshallA few days afterwards I received from Diderot the note I am going to transcribe.
The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Complete | Jean Jacques Rousseau
British Dictionary definitions for transcribe
/ (trænˈskraɪb) /
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)
Origin of transcribe
1Derived forms of transcribe
- transcribable, adjective
- transcriber, noun
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