transcribe
has definitions from the fields of genetics,biochemistry,writing,phonetics,music
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[ verb ] (writing) write out from speech, notes, etc.
Examples "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe" Used in print (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)Related to written literature , and often remaining temporarily frozen in written form , it loses its vitality when transcribed or removed from its oral existence . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (writing) rewrite in a different script
Synonyms Examples "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated" Used in print (Edward E. Kelly, S.J., "Christian Unity in England"...)In representing part of this new picture , I will be recounting some of my own personal experiences , reactions and judgments ; but my primary aim is to transcribe what Englishmen themselves are saying and writing and implying about the Roman and Anglican_Churches and about the present religious state of England . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (phonetics,writing) make a phonetic transcription of
Examples "The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant" Related terms |
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[ verb ] (genetics,biochemistry) convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, esp. messenger RNA; in biochemistry
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