American English pronunciation

How to pronounce transcribed

IPA transcription: [tɹænsk'ɹaɪbd]

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Verb

  • write out from speech, notes, etc.

    “Transcribe the oral history of this tribe”

  • rewrite in a different script

    “The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated”

  • rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended

  • make a phonetic transcription of

    “The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant”

  • convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA

Adjective

  • recorded for broadcast

    “a transcribed announcement”

    “canned laughter”

Usage examples

  • Nearly all of the numerous writings attributed to him were transcribed after his death.
  • In Ido personal names are not transcribed.
  • They also have a loud, high-pitched, wolf-like whistle, transcribed as "Wheeo".
  • The book is written in a conversational style, sometimes transcribed from audiotapes.
  • Reilly himself transcribed works by Bach, Chopin and Mozart amongst others, for the harmonica.