Synonyms for transcribe
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To 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.
Related words
- Word family
- transcriber transcription translate transliterate
Forms
- Past participle
- transcribed
e.g. transcribed → transliterated, copied…
Example sentences
- copy Do you still have a copy of yesterday's newspaper?
- transliterate He asked me to transliterate the Hebrew sentence.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| transcribe | steady | |
| copy | falling | |
| transliterate | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- copy2
- 13 letters
- transliterate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (copy2 = 2 syllables).