Transcribed

Part of speech: verb, adjective

Definitions

1. To convert spoken language or handwritten text into written form; to reproduce or copy information from one medium to another; to create a written version of audio or verbal content for records or study purposes
2. To render oral statements or existing documents into a written format; to duplicate data from an original source for clarity or preservation; to draft a textual representation of spoken dialogue or interviews for analysis or record-keeping
3. To transform verbal communication or script into a written document; to record details from audio materials into text format for easier handling; to generate a written account of conversations or performances for future use or reference

Etymology: "Transcribed" is the past tense and past participle of "transcribe," a verb English took directly from Latin "trānscrībere," meaning "to write again in another place," or simply "to copy." The Latin verb is built from "trāns," "across" or "over," and "scrībere," "to write," so its original sense was literally writing something across to a new location. The root "scrībere" is also behind words like "scribe," "script," and "describe." The idea of moving text from one surface to another is still visible in the word's current senses. A scribe copying a manuscript and a modern court stenographer producing a written record of testimony are both doing what the Latin verb described, even though the medium has changed. Today the word covers turning recorded speech into text, and also converting material from one notation or format into another, as when music is written out in a different key or staff.

Synonyms: recorded, copied, written, documented, notated

Antonyms: erased, deleted, obliterated