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English
Etymology
From Latin transcriptum, from transcribere.
Pronunciation
Noun
transcript (plural transcripts)
- Something which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy.
- A copy of any kind; an imitation.
- 1676, Joseph Glanvill, Against Confidence in Philosophy (in Essays on Several Important Subjects)
- The Grecian learning was but a transcript of the Chaldean and Egyptian.
- 1676, Joseph Glanvill, Against Confidence in Philosophy (in Essays on Several Important Subjects)
- A written version of what was said orally
- the transcript of a trial
- (genetics) A molecule of RNA produced by transcription
- (education) An inventory of the courses taken and grades earned of a student alleged throughout a course.
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Translations
something which has been transcribed
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copy of any kind; an imitation
written version of what was said orally
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molecule of RNA produced by transcription
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inventory of courses and grades
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Further reading
- “transcript”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “transcript”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Verb
transcript (third-person singular simple present transcripts, present participle transcripting, simple past and past participle transcripted)
- (rare) To write a transcript; to transcribe.