transcribing Definition

transcribe
verb transcribed, transcribing

1. To write out (a text) in full, eg from notes.

Example: The shorthand notes will be transcribed later
Thesaurus: write down, take down, note, record, copy, translate, interpret, render.
2. To copy (a text) from one place to another.

Example: transcribed the poem into her album
3. To write out (a spoken text).
4. To transliterate.
5. music.
To arrange (a piece of music) for an instrument or voice that it was not originally composed for.
6a. broadcasting.
To record (a programme, etc) for reproducing at some later date;
6b. broadcasting.
To broadcast (a programme, etc that has been recorded in this way).
7. To record any form of information on a suitable storage medium.
8. computing.
To transfer data from one computer storage device to another, eg from tape to disk, or from the main memory of a computer to a storage device, or from a storage device to the main memory.

Derivative: transcriber
noun

Etymology: 16c: from Latin transcribere.