1. (

• transcribe ,

) write out from speech, notes, etc.; "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe" ;

2. (

• transliterate ,
• transcribe

) rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated" ;

3. (

• transcribe

) rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended ;

4. (

• transcribe ,

) make a phonetic transcription of; "The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant" ;

5. (

• transcribe

) convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA ;

1. (

• canned ,
• transcribed

) recorded for broadcast; "a transcribed announcement"; "canned laughter" ;