/ trænˈskraɪb; NAmE / verb [ vn ]
1.
transcribe sth (into sth) to record thoughts, speech or data in a written form, or in a different written form from the original :
Clerks transcribe everything that is said in court.
The interview was recorded and then transcribed.
How many official documents have been transcribed into Braille for blind people?
2.
( technical ) to show the sounds of speech using a special phonetic alphabet
3.
transcribe sth (for sth) to write a piece of music in a different form so that it can be played by another musical instrument or sung by another voice :
a piano piece transcribed for the guitar
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent. (in the sense make a copy in writing ): from Latin transcribere , from trans- across + scribere write.