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