1. to make a written copy of something, especially by writing it out in full from shorthand or from a recording
2. to write music in a different form or for different instruments
Usage: music
3. to represent speech sounds using phonetic symbols
Usage: linguistics

Examples

• The secretary will transcribe the meeting notes from her shorthand.
• Please transcribe this audio recording into a written document.
• The court reporter transcribed every word of the testimony.
• The composer transcribed the piano piece for orchestra.
• Students learned to transcribe spoken words into phonetic notation.
• She transcribed the old family letters to preserve them digitally.
• The journalist transcribed the interview from her voice recorder.