Transcribe

/trænˈskraɪb/
C1

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

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verbTo write down spoken words or copy text into another form.

Extra definitions

verbConvert audio into writing.

verbMake a written copy.

verbTo convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to a written representation of it. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.

Please transcribe the interview.
The assistant transcribed the recording.
Students transcribe dialogue for practice.
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Learned borrowing from Latin trānscrībere (“to write again in another place, transcribe, copy”).

CEFR Practice Quiz
Please ____ the interview.

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