Definition of Transcribe

1. Verb. Write out from speech, notes, etc.. "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe"

Generic synonyms: Get Down, Put Down, Set Down, Write Down
Derivative terms: Transcriber, Transcription

2. Verb. Rewrite in a different script. "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated"
Exact synonyms: Transliterate
Specialized synonyms: Latinise, Latinize, Romanise, Romanize, Braille
Generic synonyms: Rewrite
Derivative terms: Transliteration

3. Verb. Rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended. "Did he transcribe his major works over a short period of time?"
Category relationships: Euphony, Music
Generic synonyms: Accommodate, Adapt
Derivative terms: Transcriber

4. Verb. Make a phonetic transcription of. ; "The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant"
Generic synonyms: Rewrite
Derivative terms: Transcriber, Transcriber

5. Verb. Convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA.
Category relationships: Biochemistry
Generic synonyms: Convert
Derivative terms: Transcription

Definition of Transcribe

1. v. t. To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter.

Definition of Transcribe

1. [v -SCRIBED, -SCRIBING, -SCRIBES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transcribe

transcendental philosophy
transcendently
transcending
transcends
transcervical fracture
transcobalamins
transcondylar
transcondylar fracture
transcontinental
transcortical
transcortical aphasia
transcortical aphasia
transcortical apraxia
transcortin
transcranial radiograph
transcribe (current term)
transcribed
transcriber
transcribers
transcribes
transcribing
transcript
transcriptase
transcriptase
transcriptases
transcription
transcription
transcriptional
transcriptional control
transcriptional silencing

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