transcribe
(verb) convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA
transliterate, transcribe
(verb) rewrite in a different script; “The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated”
transcribe
(verb) make a phonetic transcription of; “The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant”
transcribe
(verb) write out from speech, notes, etc.; “Transcribe the oral history of this tribe”
transcribe
(verb) rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended
Source: WordNet® 3.1
transcribe (third-person singular simple present transcribes, present participle transcribing, simple past and past participle transcribed)
To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc, to another representation. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.
(dictation) To make such a conversion from live or recorded speech to text.
(computing) To transfer data from one recording medium to another.
(music) To adapt a composition for a voice or instrument other than the original; to notate live or recorded music.
(biochemistry) To cause DNA to undergo transcription.
(linguistics) To represent speech by phonetic symbols.
Source: Wiktionary
Tran*scribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transcribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Transcribing.] Etym: [L. transcribere, transcriptum; trans across, over + scribere to write. See Scribe.]
Definition: To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 January 2025
(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; “they run things by the book around here”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
