verb (used with object),tran·scribed,tran·scrib·ing.
to make a written copy, especially a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
to make an exact copy of (a document, text, etc.).
to write out in another language or alphabet; translate or transliterate: to transcribe Chinese into English characters.
Phonetics. to represent (speech sounds) in written phonetic or phonemic symbols.
Radio. to make a recording of (a program, announcement, etc.) for broadcasting.
Music. to arrange (a composition) for a medium other than that for which it was originally written.
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
OTHER WORDS FROM transcribe
tran·scrib·er,nounmis·tran·scribe,verb (used with object),mis·tran·scribed,mis·tran·scrib·ing.non·tran·scrib·ing,adjectivepre·tran·scribe,verb (used with object),pre·tran·scribed,pre·tran·scrib·ing.
re·tran·scribe,verb (used with object),re·tran·scribed,re·tran·scrib·ing.un·tran·scribed,adjective
And we could make copies of these digital files on our computers and transcribe anywhere anytime we wanted.
Going Public With the Nixon Tapes|Scott Porch|August 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Have one friend with the tendency to transcribe her day from breakfast to bed?
Seven Hacks to Revolutionize Your Facebook Experience|Nina Strochlic|September 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The third address “to the Christians” is too long to transcribe here; and should in fairness have been given in the biography.
William Blake|Algernon Charles Swinburne
Cost what it will, I must transcribe the first section of this statute, with all its parliamentary verbiage.
Novanglus, and Massachusettensis|John Adams
It was couched in the formula of chivalric language, which it would be superfluous here to transcribe.
Gomez Arias|Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso
Apparently he allowed Van Buchell to transcribe the description and the rough pen-sketch from his notebook or traveler's diary.
Shakespearean Playhouses|Joseph Quincy Adams
If the reader suspects that we are going to transcribe the formula for the preparation of these sauces, he is disappointed.
The Gastronomic Regenerator:|Alexis Soyer
British Dictionary definitions for transcribe
transcribe
/ (trænˈskraɪb) /
verb(tr)
to write, type, or print out fully from speech, notes, etc
to make a phonetic transcription of
to transliterate or translate
to make an electrical recording of (a programme or speech) for a later broadcast
musicto rewrite (a piece of music) for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended; arrange
computing
to transfer (information) from one storage device, such as punched cards, to another, such as magnetic tape
to transfer (information) from a computer to an external storage device
(usually passive)biochemto convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, esp messenger RNASee also genetic code, translate (def. 6)
Derived forms of transcribe
transcribable, adjectivetranscriber, noun
Word Origin for transcribe
C16: from Latin transcrībere, from trans- + scrībere to write