Definitions for transcribe

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transcribe tran·scribe

Spelling: [tran-skrahyb]

IPA: /trænˈskraɪb/

Transcribe is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 1031 anagrams from letters in transcribe (abceinrrst).

Definitions for transcribe

verb (used with object)

1. to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
2. to make an exact copy of (a document, text, etc.).
3. to write out in another language or alphabet; translate or transliterate:
4. Phonetics. to represent (speech sounds) in written phonetic or phonemic symbols.
5. Radio. to make a recording of (a program, announcement, etc.) for broadcasting.
6. Music. to arrange (a composition) for a medium other than that for which it was originally written.
7. Genetics. to effect genetic transcription of (a DNA molecule template).

Origin of transcribe

1545-55; Latin trānscrībere to copy off, equivalent to trāns- trans- + scrībere to write. See scribe¹

Examples for transcribe

"Quite so, sir," I said, and continued to transcribe from the printed page.

I shall regret all my life I did not transcribe this letter.

There is no need to transcribe the history of education here.

As the tale differs in some particulars from that already given, I will transcribe it.

And we could make copies of these digital files on our computers and transcribe anywhere anytime we wanted.

I cannot forbear to transcribe what a friend has written to me.

I transcribe selections; the spelling, as before, being my own.

But we need not transcribe further this overwhelming document.

Have one friend with the tendency to transcribe her day from breakfast to bed?

"Well, then, put it in a player and transcribe it by ear," I told him.