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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

tran•scribe /trænˈskraɪb/   v. [~ + object] , -scribed, -scrib•ing. 

1. to make a written or printed copy of (spoken material):
   to transcribe a lecture.
2. to write out in another language or alphabet;
   translate.
3. to make a recording of (a program, etc.) for broadcasting.
4. Music and Dance to make a musical transcription of.

tran•scrib•er, n. [countable] See -scrib-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

tran•scribe  (tran skrīb′), v.t., -scribed, -scrib•ing. 

1. to make a written copy, esp. a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).
2. to make an exact copy of (a document, text, etc.).
3. to write out in another language or alphabet;
   translate or transliterate:
   to transcribe Chinese into English characters.
4. [Phonet.] to represent (speech sounds) in written phonetic or phonemic symbols.
5. [Radio.] to make a recording of (a program, announcement, etc.) for broadcasting.
6. [Music.] to arrange (a composition) for a medium other than that for which it was originally written.
7. Genetics to effect genetic transcription of (a DNA molecule template).

• Latin trānscrībere to copy off, equivalent. to trāns- trans- + scrībere to write. See scribe
• 1545–55

tran•scrib ′er, n.