transcript
noun
tran·script
ˈtran(t)-ˌskript 
1
a
: a written, printed, or typed copy
especially
: a usually typed copy of dictated or recorded material
b
: an official or legal and often published copy
a court reporter's transcript
especially
: an official copy of a student's educational record
2
: a representation (as of experience) in an art form
3
: a sequence of RNA produced by transcription from a DNA template
Examples of transcript in a Sentence
a transcript of a radio program
a full transcript of the court proceedings
a transcript of the senator's speech
You must submit your college transcript with your job application.
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Before entering the house, Rader climbed a fence and cut off the family's phone lines, per a CNN transcript from court.
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Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
This transcript was automatically generated, and then edited for clarity in its current form.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
And underpinning everything—the papers, notes, cuttings, photographs, correspondences and transcripts—is one question, asked again and again and again.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
DeMoura said prosecutors were ensuring experts were qualified and able to perform mental health evaluations as well as pore over transcripts, digital evidence and the approximately 8,000 pages of discovery presented at the last trial.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
This transcript was automatically generated, and then edited for clarity in its current form.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
And underpinning everything—the papers, notes, cuttings, photographs, correspondences and transcripts—is one question, asked again and again and again.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
DeMoura said prosecutors were ensuring experts were qualified and able to perform mental health evaluations as well as pore over transcripts, digital evidence and the approximately 8,000 pages of discovery presented at the last trial.
—Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Transcript.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transcript. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
transcript
noun
tran·script
ˈtran(t)s-ˌkript
1
: a written, printed, or typed copy
2
: an official copy (as of a student's educational record)
Medical Definition
transcript
noun
tran·script
ˈtran(t)s-ˌkript
: a sequence of RNA produced by transcription from a DNA template
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