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TRANSCRIBE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "transcribe" is one way to...):

convert (change the nature, purpose, or function of something)

Domain category:

biochemistry (the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

transcription ((genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Rewrite in a different script

Example:

The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated

Synonyms:

transcribe; transliterate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "transcribe" is one way to...):

rewrite (write differently; alter the writing of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "transcribe"):

Latinise; Latinize; Romanise; Romanize (write in the Latin alphabet)

braille (transcribe in braille)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make a phonetic transcription of

Example:

The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "transcribe" is one way to...):

rewrite (write differently; alter the writing of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

transcriber (someone who makes a written version of spoken material)

transcriber (someone who represents the sounds of speech in phonetic notation)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Write out from speech, notes, etc.

Example:

Transcribe the oral history of this tribe

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "transcribe" is one way to...):

get down; put down; set down; write down (put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

transcriber (someone who makes a written version of spoken material)

transcription (something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "transcribe" is one way to...):

accommodate; adapt (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose)

Domain category:

euphony; music (any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Did he transcribe his major works over a short period of time?

Derivation:

transcriber (a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Of course I have not transcribed beyond the first eight lines.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Small non-coding RNA that is encoded by Epstein-Barr virus DNA and transcribed by virally-infected cells throughout the latent cycle.

(Epstein-Barr Virus Early RNA, NCI Thesaurus)

Volunteers were then asked to listen to the synthesized sentences and to transcribe what they heard.

(Scientists translate brain signals into speech sounds, National Institutes of Health)

A murine reverse-transcribing RNA retrovirus with type C morphology that has been shown to induce lymphatic leukemia in infected mice.

(Gross Leukemia Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Replicated and transcribed by a separate enzymatic machinery from that of nuclear DNA, mtDNA encodes only a subset of mitochondrial functions.

(Mitochondrial DNA, NCI Thesaurus)

A sequence of single-stranded RNA, that is 20-25 nucleotides in length, which is transcribed from DNA but is not translated into a protein.

(microRNA, NCI Thesaurus)

A sequence of single-stranded RNA which is typically 20-25 nucleotides in length and may regulate the expression of other genes. miRNAs are transcribed from DNA, but are not translated into proteins.

(microRNA, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The team also found chromatin features at gene promoters—regions where cells begin transcribing DNA into RNA—that can predict expression levels in all 3 organisms.

(Expanding Our Understanding of Genomics, NIH)

In the case of a cDNA library the DNA inserts are copies of RNAs that have been reverse-transcribed into DNA prior to cloning.

(cDNA Library, NCI Thesaurus)

A genus of single-stranded, reverse-transcribing RNA retroviruses with type B or type C morphology.

(Betaretrovirus, NCI Thesaurus)