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UK/ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/British, Midlands, Northern England, Southern, Standard/ˈtɹan.skɹɪpt/England, sometimes[ˈtʃɹʷanskɹʷɪp̚t]Scotland, Wales/ˈtɾan.skɾɪpt/

noun

What it means

  1. Something which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy.

    When he had finished she held out her hand for the transcript of the message that he had already made.

    1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
  2. A copy of any kind; an imitation.

    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)
  3. A written version of what was said orally

    the transcript of a trial

In a sentence

When he had finished she held out her hand for the transcript of the message that he had already made.

1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

Where it comes from

  1. Latintranscriptum
  2. Englishtranscript

From Latin transcriptum, from transcribere.

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