Transcribe Definition & Meaning
transcribe
- verb
- write out from speech, notes, etc.; "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe"
- rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated"
- rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended
- make a phonetic transcription of; "The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant"
- convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA
Words that rhyme with transcribe
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