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English verb: transcribe | |||
| 1. | transcribe (communication) write out from speech, notes, etc. | ||
| Samples | Transcribe the oral history of this tribe. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | get down, put down, set down, write down | ||
| 2. | transcribe (communication) rewrite in a different script | ||
| Samples | The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated. | ||
| Synonyms | transliterate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rewrite | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | braille, Latinise, Latinize, Romanise, Romanize | ||
| 3. | transcribe (creation) rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended | ||
| Examples | Did he transcribe his major works over a short period of time? | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accommodate, adapt | ||
| Domain category | euphony, music | ||
| 4. | transcribe (communication) make a phonetic transcription of | ||
| Samples | The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rewrite | ||
| 5. | transcribe (change) convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | convert | ||
| Domain category | biochemistry | ||
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