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tran⋅scribe

  [tran-skrahyb]
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–verb (used with object), -scribed, -scrib⋅ing.
1. to make a written copy, esp. a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
2. to make an exact copy of (a document, text, etc.).
3. to write out in another language or alphabet; translate or transliterate: to transcribe Chinese into English characters.
4. Phonetics. to represent (speech sounds) in written phonetic or phonemic symbols.
5. Radio. to make a recording of (a program, announcement, etc.) for broadcasting.
6. Music. to arrange (a composition) for a medium other than that for which it was originally written.
7. Genetics. to effect genetic transcription of (a DNA molecule template).
Origin:
1545–55; < L trānscrībere to copy off, equiv. to trāns- trans- + scrībere to write. See scribe

Related forms:
tran⋅scrib⋅er, noun
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tran·scribe   (trān-skrīb')   
tr.v.   tran·scribed, tran·scrib·ing, tran·scribes

  1. To make a full written or typewritten copy of (dictated material, for example).

  2. Computer Science To transfer (information) from one recording and storing system to another.

  3. Music

    1. To adapt or arrange (a composition) for a voice or instrument other than the original.

    2. To translate (a composition) from one notational system to another.

    3. To reduce (live or recorded music) to notation.

  4. To record, usually on tape, for broadcast at a later date.

  5. Linguistics To represent (speech sounds) by phonetic symbols.

  6. To translate or transliterate.

  7. Biology To cause (DNA) to undergo transcription.


[Latin trānscrībere : trāns-, trans- + scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]
tran·scrib'a·ble adj., tran·scrib'er n.
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Word Origin & History

transcribe 
1552, from L. transcribere "to copy, write again in another place, write over, transfer," from trans- "over" + scribere "write" (see script). To do it poorly is to transcribble (1746). Transcript "written copy" is attested from c.1290, from L. transcriptum, neut. pp. of transcribere.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tran·scribe
Pronunciation: tran(t)s-'krIb
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: tran·scribed;tran·scrib·ing
: to cause (as DNA) to undergo genetic transcription
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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