transcript Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech
    • he read a transcript of the interrogation
    • you can obtain a transcript of this radio program by sending a self-addressed envelope to the station
  2. noun a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
    copy.

WordNet


Tran"script noun
Etymology
L. transcriptum, neut. of transcriptus, p. p. transcribere. See Transcribe.
Definitions
  1. That which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy.
    The decalogue of Moses was but a transcript. South.
  2. A copy of any kind; an imitation.
    The Grecian learning was but a transcript of the Chaldean and Egyptian. Glanvill.
    3. A written version of what was said orally; as, a transcript of a trial.

Webster 1913