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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
transcribe/tranˈskrʌɪb/
verb
  • 1 put (thoughts, speech, or data) into written or printed form.
  • 2 transliterate (foreign characters) or write or type out (shorthand, notes, etc.) into ordinary characters or full sentences.
  • 3 arrange (a piece of music) for a different instrument, voice, etc.
  • 4 Biochemistry synthesize (RNA) using a template of existing DNA (or vice versa), so that the genetic information is copied.
– derivatives
transcriber noun.
– origin C16: from L. transcribere, from trans- ‘across’ + scribere ‘write’.



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