Transcribe
[træn'skraɪb;trɑːn-] or [træn'skraɪb]
Definition
(verb.) convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA.
(verb.) make a phonetic transcription of; 'The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant'.
(verb.) write out from speech, notes, etc.; 'Transcribe the oral history of this tribe'.
(verb.) rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended.
Typed by Betsy--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter.
Typed by Cecil
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Copy, make a copy of.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Copy, transfer
Editor: Tamara
Definition
v.t. to write over from one book into another: to copy.—ns. Transcrib′er; Trans′cript that which is transcribed: a copy; Transcrip′tion the act of copying: a transcript: a copy.—adjs. Transcrip′tional; Transcrip′tive.—adv. Transcrip′tively.
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Examples
- I may as well transcribe it; it contains explanation on more than one point:-- 'DEAR OLD TIM (short for Timon),-- I am off you see--gone like a shot. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The original was then transcribed by General Parker upon official headed paper and a copy furnished General Lee. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- His brother, Dr. John Davy bears witness that the following is transcribed from a notebook of Humphry's, bearing the date of the same y ear as his apprenticeship (1795):-- 1. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It was agreed, and I immediately transcribed it, that it might appear in my own hand. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Of course I have not transcribed beyond the first eight lines. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I declare I swell with pride as these august names are transcribed by my pen, and I think in what brilliant company my dear Becky is moving. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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