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# transcribed

«transcribed» in Mova's school dictionary: **Wrote down exactly what someone said, or what was recorded** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb, past tense and past participle of «transcribe» (transcribe, transcribes, transcribed, transcribing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Wrote down exactly what someone said, or what was recorded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transcribed/#m1)

2) Copied writing from one form to another, such as from handwriting into typing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transcribed/#m2)

3) Changed music so it can be played on a different instrument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transcribed/#m3)

4) Wrote words using special symbols that show sounds (phonetic writing). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transcribed/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school, interviews are transcribed for projects; old letters may be transcribed so they are easy to read. In music, a song is transcribed for piano. In science, DNA is «transcribed» in cells (making a copy). Phrases: «transcribed the interview», «transcribed from», «transcribed into».

### examples

- She transcribed the interview with her grandmother for her history project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transcribed/#x1)
- The speech was transcribed word for word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transcribed/#x2)
- The old diary was transcribed into typed pages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transcribed/#x3)
- He transcribed the guitar song for the piano. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transcribed/#x4)
- Our talk was recorded and transcribed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transcribed/#x5)
- The words were transcribed using sound symbols. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transcribed/#x6)
- I have transcribed them literally, and I regard them as in the highest degree characteristic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transcribed/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: transcribed. Noun: «transcription» or «transcript» (the written copy). «Transcribe» is to copy into writing; «translate» is to change into another language — do not confuse them.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «transcribed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transcribed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.