tran·scribe (tr n-skr b )tr.v. tran·scribed, tran·scrib·ing, tran·scribes 1. To make a full written or typewritten copy of (dictated material, for example). 2. Computer Science To transfer (information) from one recording and storing system to another. 3. Music a. To adapt or arrange (a composition) for a voice or instrument other than the original. b. To translate (a composition) from one notational system to another. c. To reduce (live or recorded music) to notation. 4. To record, usually on tape, for broadcast at a later date. 5. Linguistics To represent (speech sounds) by phonetic symbols. 6. To translate or transliterate. 7. Biology To cause (DNA) to undergo transcription. [Latin tr  nscrbere : trns-, trans- + scrbere, to write; see skrbh- in Indo-European roots.]tran·scrib a·ble adj.tran·scrib er n. |
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| Noun | 1. |  transcriber - a person who translates written messages from one language to another |
| 2. |  transcriber - someone who rewrites in a different scriptwriter - a person who is able to write and has written something | |
| 3. |  transcriber - someone who represents the sounds of speech in phonetic notationphonetician - a specialist in phonetics | |
| 4. |  transcriber - someone who makes a written version of spoken materialwriter - a person who is able to write and has written something | |
| 5. |  transcriber - a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performancemusician - artist who composes or conducts music as a profession orchestrator - an arranger who writes for orchestras |
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