transcribe

Transcribe is defined as to write out in full or to arrange a piece of music for use by a different instrument.

(verb)

  1. An example of transcribe is to rewrite written notes into a summary of a meeting.
  2. An example of transcribe is to arrange a piece of violin music for use by a flute.

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See transcribe in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb transcribed, transcribing

  1. to write out or type out in full (shorthand notes, a speech, etc.)
  2. to represent (speech sounds) in phonetic or phonemic symbols
  3. to translate or transliterate
  4. to arrange or adapt (a piece of music) for an instrument, voice, or ensemble other than that for which it was originally written
  5. to make a recording
  6. Cytology to convert (DNA, genes, etc.) into RNA, esp. messenger RNA

Origin: L transcribere: see trans- & scribe

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See transcribe in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb tran·scribed, tran·scrib·ing, tran·scribes
  1. To make a full written or typewritten copy of (dictated material, for example).
  2. Computer Science To transfer (information) from one recording and storing system to another.
  3. Music
    a. To adapt or arrange (a composition) for a voice or instrument other than the original.
    b. To translate (a composition) from one notational system to another.
    c. To reduce (live or recorded music) to notation.
  4. To record, usually on tape, for broadcast at a later date.
  5. Linguistics To represent (speech sounds) by phonetic symbols.
  6. To translate or transliterate.
  7. Biology To cause (DNA) to undergo transcription.

Origin:

Origin: Latin trānscrībere

Origin: : trāns-, trans-

Origin: + scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • tran·scribˈa·ble adjective
  • tran·scribˈer noun

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