transcribe

transcribe is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter.
2. verb. convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA
3. verb. rewrite in a different script

   "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated"

   Synonyms: transliterate

4. verb. make a phonetic transcription of

   "The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant"

5. verb. write out from speech, notes, etc.

   "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe"

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

Synonyms

transliterate

Common word forms

transcribed, transcriber, transcribes, transcribing

Words from these letters

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