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mistranscribe

mistranscribe verb: to transcribe incorrectly.

Verb

mistranscribe (third-person singular simple present mistranscribes, present participle mistranscribing, simple past and past participle mistranscribed)

  1. (transitive) To transcribe incorrectly.
    • Now a recently published compendium of his personal notebooks is coming under attack from two critics who say that the editor of the volume, Robert Faggen, mistranscribed hundreds, if not thousands, of Frost’s words.2008 January 22, Motoko Rich, “Editing of Frost Notebooks in Dispute”, in New York Times

Forms of mistranscribe

third-person singular presentmistranscribes
present participlemistranscribing
past participlemistranscribed
pastmistranscribed

Origin of mistranscribe

From mis- + transcribe.

Questions about mistranscribe

What does mistranscribe mean?
Mistranscribe means to transcribe incorrectly.
What part of speech is mistranscribe?
Mistranscribe is a verb.
What is the past tense of mistranscribe?
The past tense of mistranscribe is mistranscribed.

Words near mistranscribe in the dictionary

  1. mistransacted
  2. mistransacting
  3. mistransaction
  4. mistransactions
  5. mistransacts
  6. mistranscribe
  7. mistranscribed
  8. mistranscribes
  9. mistranscribing
  10. mistranscript
  11. mistranscription

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