Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb transcribe

5 senses of transcribe

Sense 1
transcribe -- (write out from speech, notes, etc.; "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe")
       => write down, set down, get down, put down -- (put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.)

Sense 2
transliterate, transcribe -- (rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated")
       => rewrite -- (write differently; alter the writing of; "The student rewrote his thesis")

Sense 3
transcribe -- (rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended)
       => adapt, accommodate -- (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country")

Sense 4
transcribe -- (make a phonetic transcription of; "The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant")
       => rewrite -- (write differently; alter the writing of; "The student rewrote his thesis")

Sense 5
transcribe -- (convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA)
       => convert -- (change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers")