Dictionary Check: transcribe
"transcribe" is a valid word!
Scrabble
14
points
Words with Friends
17
points
Definition
verb
write out from speech, notes, etc.
Example:
"Transcribe the oral history of this tribe"
verb
rewrite in a different script
Example:
"The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated"
verb
rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended
verb
make a phonetic transcription of
Example:
"The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant"
verb
convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA
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