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transcribe

[ tran-skrahyb ]

verb (used with object)

transcribed, transcribing.
  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:

    to transcribe Chinese into English characters.

  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).


transcribe

/ ٰæˈɪ /

verb

  1. to write, type, or print out fully from speech, notes, etc
  2. to make a phonetic transcription of
  3. to transliterate or translate
  4. to make an electrical recording of (a programme or speech) for a later broadcast
  5. music to rewrite (a piece of music) for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended; arrange
  6. computing
    1. to transfer (information) from one storage device, such as punched cards, to another, such as magnetic tape
    2. to transfer (information) from a computer to an external storage device
  7. usually passive biochem to convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, esp messenger RNA See also genetic code translate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ٰˈ, noun
  • ٰˈ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ٰ·İ noun
  • t· verb (used with object) mistranscribed mistranscribing
  • ԴDzt·iԲ adjective
  • t· verb (used with object) pretranscribed pretranscribing
  • t· verb (used with object) retranscribed retranscribing
  • ܲt· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of transcribe1

First recorded in 1545–55; from Latin ٰԲī “to copy off,” literally, “to write across,” from ٰԲ- trans- + ī “to write” ( scribe 1 )
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of transcribe1

C16: from Latin tranī , from trans- + ī to write
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Sometimes it is transcribed correctly - but on other occasions it is turned into "Trump", before being quickly restored to the correct word.

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Everyone working on the inquiry was offered support due to the traumatic nature of the evidence, from detectives to the typists tasked with transcribing interviews.

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Ms Martins said: "In the absence of any information about how much or how often such transcribing took place, it is impossible to take any comfort from the policy."

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Now, a team of international scientists, including University of Michigan researchers, have used advanced microscopy to image how ribosomes recruit to mRNA while it's being transcribed by an enzyme called RNA polymerase, or RNAP.

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Speech-to-text programs are becoming more popular for everyday tasks like hands-free dictation, helping people who are visually impaired, and transcribing speech for those who are hard of hearing.

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