transcript

[tran-skript]

noun

1. a written, typewritten, or printed copy; something transcribed or made by transcribing.

2. an exact copy or reproduction, especially one having an official status.

3. an official report supplied by a school on the record of an individual student, listing subjects studied, grades received, etc.

4. a form of something as rendered from one alphabet or language into another.

transcript

/ ˈtrænskrɪpt /

noun

1. a written, typed, or printed copy or manuscript made by transcribing

2. education an official record of a student's school progress and achievements

3. any reproduction or copy

Word History and Origins

Origin of transcript¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Latin trānscrīptum “thing copied,” noun use of neuter of past participle of trānscrībere “to copy off,” literally, “to write across”; transcribe

Word History and Origins

Origin of transcript¹

C13: from Latin transcriptum , from transcrībere to _transcribe

Example Sentences

According to a court reporter’s transcript of the hearing, Judge Arun Subramanian, who decided the case, argued that “juries don’t acquit defendants of conduct. They acquit them of charges.”

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OpenAI will provide the time of day and other relevant context, but not the transcript of the chat.

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“We actually hosted Boeing leadership in Derby to talk about narrow-body this year,” Erginbilgic said, according to a transcript of a September investor event viewed by The Wall Street Journal.

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Our panelists highlight 16 such bargains, along with their big-picture views, in the edited transcript that follows.

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The lump sum included the president’s legal fees and an agreement that “60 Minutes” will release transcripts of interviews with future presidential candidates.

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Related Words

• manuscript 
• transcription 
• translation