# transcript

Pronunciation: say "TRAN-skript" /ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/

## Noun

1. A written version of something that was originally spoken aloud.
   - Simple: A written record of words that were spoken out loud.
   - _The committee requested a full transcript of the recorded hearing._
   - _Reporters pored over the transcript of the senator's phone call._
2. An official certified record of a student's grades and all courses taken during their course of study.
   - Simple: An official list of all the classes a student took and the grades they got.
   - _The university won't release a transcript until all tuition is paid._
   - _Graduate schools weigh your transcript heavily during admissions._
3. A written copy that reproduces the same words as an original text or composition.
   - Simple: A copy of something in writing, using the same words as the original.
   - _Scholars compared the transcript against the original manuscript for errors._
   - _Each transcript of the charter preserved the exact wording of the medieval deed._
4. A molecule of RNA produced by the transcription of DNA.
   - Simple: A piece of RNA that a cell makes by copying part of its DNA.
   - _Researchers measured the abundance of each transcript using sequencing._
   - _A single gene can yield several different transcripts through alternative splicing._
5. A copy of any kind; an imitation of an original.
   - Simple: A copy of something, or anything made to look just like it.
   - _Critics dismissed the novel as a mere transcript of older works._
   - _The portrait is a faithful transcript of the sitter's features._

## Verb

6. To make a written copy of a text; to transcribe it. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To copy a text out in writing.
   - _The scribe was paid to transcript the entire court proceedings._
   - _Each apprentice would transcript the master's correspondence into a fair copy._

## Origin

From Latin transcriptum, from transcribere (to transcribe or copy).

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