transcribe meaning and definition

TRANSCRIBE verb

Definition of transcribe (verb)

1. write out from speech, notes, etc.
   • "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe"
2. rewrite in a different script
   • "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated"
   • synonyms: transliterate
3. rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended
4. make a phonetic transcription of
   • "The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant"
5. convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA