- write out from speech, notes, etc.; "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe"
- transliterate: rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated"
- rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended
- make a phonetic transcription of; "The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant"
- convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA
- (transcribed) canned: recorded for broadcast; "a transcribed announcement"; "canned laughter"
- (Transcribing) Transcription in the linguistic sense is the conversion of a representation of language into another representation of language, usually in the same language but in a different form. A transcriptionist is a person who performs transcription.
- (Transcribed) This chemical process takes place in the nucleus of the cell during cell division. A strand of messenger RNA is constructed by a chemical messenger that moves along the unwound portion of DNA, using it as a template.
- (Transcribing) Notating what you hear, or learning a song from a recording by repeating it phrase by phrase, to sound exactly like the recording.
- To undergo transcription. In order for the DNA code of a gene to result in the production of a specific protein, the gene must first be transcribed.
- to make a written copy of songs or music, in either notation or tablature form.
- transfer data from one form of record to another or from one method of preparation to another without changing the nature of the data.