transcribe
[verb]
Synonyms: write out, copy out, reproduce, take down, transfer

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tran‧scribe /trænˈskraɪb/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: transcribere, from scribere 'to write']

1. to write down something exactly as it was said:
A secretary transcribed the witnesses’ statements.

2. to write an exact copy of something:
He had been asked to transcribe an ancient manuscript.

3. technical to represent speech sounds with phonetic symbols

4. formal to change a piece of writing into the alphabet of another language
transcribe something into something
The book has been transcribed into braille.

5. to arrange a piece of music for a different instrument or voice
transcribe something for something
a piece transcribed for piano

6. technical to copy recorded music, speech etc from one system to another, for example from tape to CD

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