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).
was transcribing
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past progressiveof transcribe.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Taylor described the same call in his testimony, saying that Sondland had said he “wanted to make sure no one was transcribing or monitoring” the call.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2019
Sondland said he “wanted to make sure no one was transcribing or monitoring” the call.
From Slate ● Oct. 23, 2019
I did not feel I was transcribing text.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2012
Questions were raised over whether his assistant, Rose Mary Woods, had erased the conversation when she was transcribing the tapes, although Nixon told the grand jury the tape initially had not been covered by subpoenas.
From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2011
He was feeling ill and apathetic that day, and he did not realise what it was he was transcribing.
From The World Set Free by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
