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   transcribe

   /trɑːnˈskrʌɪb/

   verb

   • 1. put (thoughts, speech, or data) into written or printed form: "each interview was taped and transcribed"
   • ▪ transliterate (foreign characters) or write or type out (shorthand, notes, or other abbreviated forms) into ordinary characters or full sentences: "the court was adjourned so that they could transcribe their notes" Similar write outcopy outwrite/copy in fullput in writingset downtake downtype outprint output on papercommit to paperreproducetransliterateinterprettranslaterenderconvertwrite uprewriteengross
   • 2. arrange (a piece of music) for a different instrument, voice, or group of these: "his largest early work was transcribed for organ"
   • 3. synthesize (RNA) using a template of existing DNA (or vice versa), so that the genetic information is copied: "polymerases transcribe it into a long RNA molecule"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘make a copy in writing’): from Latin transcribere, from trans- ‘across’ + scribere ‘write’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. transcriber noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

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