transcribe
/trænˈskraɪb/
verb
- To write down or record something exactly as it was said or played.
- The journalist had to transcribe the entire interview for the article.
- She learned to transcribe music by ear, writing down the notes she heard.
- The secretary will transcribe the meeting notes from the recording.
- To rewrite or copy text from one form to another, such as from handwriting to print.
- Students were asked to transcribe the poem from the board into their notebooks.
- He used software to transcribe the PDF into a Word document.
- The archivist had to transcribe the old handwritten letters into digital format.
- In biology, to make an RNA copy of a DNA sequence.
- The enzyme RNA polymerase helps transcribe the genetic code.
- During protein synthesis, cells transcribe DNA into messenger RNA.
- Scientists study how viruses transcribe their genetic material inside host cells.