transcribe
verb (used with object)
to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
transcribing
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present participleof transcribe.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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He says he has since changed his name on Zoom from “Jeremy Levine” to “Jeremy Levine I do not consent to transcribing or recording.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Microsoft also unveiled other in-house models for generating images, transcribing audio, creating synthetic voices and coding.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
I make a lot of phone calls for stories, and meticulously transcribing those interviews has been the bane of my existence since I was in high school.
From Slate ● May 24, 2026
But after transcribing the poems and looking more closely at them, they were not all they seemed.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2026
We came armed with notebooks and pens and were ready to spend the entire day transcribing every match and studying as many fencers as we could.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
