transcribe
verb/trænˈskraɪb/
/trænˈskraɪb/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they transcribe | /trænˈskraɪb/ /trænˈskraɪb/ |
| he / she / it transcribes | /trænˈskraɪbz/ /trænˈskraɪbz/ |
| past simple transcribed | /trænˈskraɪbd/ /trænˈskraɪbd/ |
| past participle transcribed | /trænˈskraɪbd/ /trænˈskraɪbd/ |
| -ing form transcribing | /trænˈskraɪbɪŋ/ /trænˈskraɪbɪŋ/ |
- to record thoughts, speech or data in a written form, or in a different written form from the original
- transcribe something Clerks transcribe everything that is said in court.
- The interview was recorded and then transcribed.
- transcribe something into something How many official documents have been transcribed into Braille for blind people?
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- transcribe something (specialist) to show the sounds of speech using a special phonetic alphabet
- transcribe something (for something) to write a piece of music in a different form so that it can be played by a different musical instrument or sung by a different voice
- a piano piece transcribed for the guitar
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘make a copy in writing’): from Latin transcribere, from trans- ‘across’ + scribere ‘write’.
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