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THESAURUS
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transcribe
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb transcribe has 5 senses
- transcribe(v = verb.communication) Array - write out from speech, notes, etc.; "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe" is one way to get down, put down, set down, write down
- transcribe(v = verb.communication) transliterate - rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated" is one way to rewrite
- transcribe(v = verb.creation) Array - rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended; Array is one way to accommodate, adapt
- transcribe(v = verb.communication) Array - make a phonetic transcription of; "The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant" is one way to rewrite
- transcribe(v = verb.change) Array - convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA; Array is one way to convert
Derived forms noun transcriber4, noun transcription1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun transcriber5
Sample sentence:
Did he transcribe his major works over a short period of time?
Derived forms noun transcriber4, noun transcriber3
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived form noun transcription2
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
transcribe, v. t. [L. transcribere, transcriptum; trans across, over + scribere to write. See Scribe.].
To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
transcribe, v.tr.
1 make a copy of, esp. in writing.
2 transliterate.
3 write out (shorthand, notes, etc.) in ordinary characters or continuous prose.
4 a record for subsequent reproduction. b broadcast in this form.
5 arrange (music) for a different instrument etc.
1 make a copy of, esp. in writing.
2 transliterate.
3 write out (shorthand, notes, etc.) in ordinary characters or continuous prose.
4 a record for subsequent reproduction. b broadcast in this form.
5 arrange (music) for a different instrument etc.
Derivative
transcriber n. transcription n. transcriptional adj. transcriptive adj.
Etymology
L transcribere transcript- (as TRANS-, scribere write)
THESAURUS
transcribe
English, Photostat, Xerox, adapt, alphabet, alphabetize, arrange, capitalize, character, clone, compose, construe, copy, copy out, ditto, double, draft, draw up, dupe, duplicate, edit, enface, engross, facsimile, harmonize, hectograph, initial, inscribe, instrument, instrumentate, interpret, letter, make a recension, make an adaptation, make out, manifold, mark, melodize, microcopy, microfilm, mimeo, mimeograph, multigraph, musicalize, orchestrate, pen, pencil, push the pen, put in writing, put to music, quadruplicate, recense, record, reduplicate, render, replicate, represent, reproduce, revise, rewrite, score, scribe, scrive, scroll, set, set to music, show, sign, spill ink, spoil paper, stat, superscribe, trace, translate, transliterate, transpose, triplicate, turn into, type, write, write down, write outROGET THESAURUS
transcribe
Writing
VB write, pen, copy, engross, write out, write out fair, transcribe, scribble, scrawl, scrabble, scratch, interline, stain paper, write down, sign, enface, compose, indite, draw up, draft, formulate, dictate, inscribe, throw on paper, dash off, manifold, take up the pen, take pen in hand, shed ink, spill ink, dip one's pen in ink.Imitation
VB imitate, copy, mirror, reflect, reproduce, repeat, do like, echo, reecho, catch, transcribe, match, parallel, mock, take off, mimic, ape, simulate, impersonate, personate, act, represent, counterfeit, parody, travesty, caricature, lampoon, burlesque, follow in the steps of, tread in the steps, follow in the footsteps of, follow in the wake of, take pattern by, follow suit, follow the example of, walk in the shoes of, take a leaf out of another's book, strike in with, follow suit, take after, model after, emulate.
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