Past tense of transcribe
regular verb
The past tense of transcribe is transcribed. The past participle is also transcribed.
Forms of transcribe
| Base form (V1) | transcribe /trænˈskɹaɪb/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | transcribed |
| Past participle (V3) | transcribed |
| Present participle | transcribing |
| Third person singular | transcribes |
Transcribed in a sentence
- All unfamiliar names have been transcribed in phonetic spelling.From the entry phonetic
- Ever grateful for his perfect recall, the policeman carefully transcribed Mr.2011, John Jughead Pierson, The Last Temptation of Clarence Odbody, page 3. From the entry ledger
- All the other consonant phonemes are transcribed into the homoglyphs of their IPA representations.2007, Shinji Ido, Bukharan Tajik, page page 4. From the entry homoglyph
- I'd read the article online (the Xenites had it transcribed in full before the ink was dry).1999, Karen Kiss, letter printed in "Reader Forum", The Advocate, 30 March 1999, page 6. From the entry Xenite
- They will be transcribed with the phonetical changes required by the pronunciation of English words by Hindiphones.1996, Nicholas Balbir, “The Modernization of Hindi”, in Shivendra K[ishore] Verma, Dilip Singh, editors, Perspectives on Language in…. From the entry Hindiphone
Meaning of transcribe
- verb To convert a representation of language, typically speech but also sign language, etc., to a written representation of it. The term now usually implies the conversion of speech to text by a human transcriptionist with the assistance of a computer for word processing and sometimes also for speech recognition, the process of a computer interpreting speech and converting it to text.
- verb To make such a conversion from live or recorded speech to text.
- verb To transfer data from one recording medium to another.
Questions about the past tense of transcribe
- What is the past tense of transcribe?
- The past tense of transcribe is transcribed.
- What is the past participle of transcribe?
- The past participle of transcribe is transcribed.
- Is transcribe a regular or irregular verb?
- Transcribe is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
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