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"
Synonyms:
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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