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trans|act /trænzæ kt/ (transacts , transacting , transacted ) VERB If you transact business, you enter into a deal with someone, for example by buying or selling something. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] This would free them to transact business across state lines.

trans|ac|tion ◆◇◇ /trænzæ kʃ ^ə n/ (transactions ) N‑COUNT A transaction is a piece of business, for example an act of buying or selling something. [FORMAL ]

trans|at|lan|tic /træ nzətlæ nt I k/

1 ADJ [ADJ n] Transatlantic flights or signals go across the Atlantic Ocean, usually between the United States and Britain. □  Many transatlantic flights land there.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] Transatlantic is used to refer to something that happens, exists, or begins in the United States. [BRIT ] □  …transatlantic fashions.

trans|cend /trænse nd/ (transcends , transcending , transcended ) VERB Something that transcends normal limits or boundaries goes beyond them, because it is more significant than them. □ [V n] …issues like humanitarian aid that transcend party loyalty.

tran|scend|ence /trænse ndəns/ N‑UNCOUNT Transcendence is the quality of being able to go beyond normal limits or boundaries. □ [+ of ] …the transcendence of class differences.

trans|cend|ent /trænse ndənt/ ADJ Something that is transcendent goes beyond normal limits or boundaries, because it is more significant than them. □  …the idea of a transcendent God who stood apart from mankind.

tran|scen|den|tal /træ nsende nt ^ə l/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Transcendental refers to things that lie beyond the practical experience of ordinary people, and cannot be discovered or understood by ordinary reasoning. □  …the transcendental nature of God.

tra n|scen|den|tal medi|ta |tion N‑UNCOUNT Transcendental meditation is a kind of meditation in which people mentally relax by silently repeating special words over and over again. The abbreviation TM is also used.

trans|con|ti|nen|tal /træ nskɒnt I ne nt ^ə l/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A transcontinental journey or route goes from one side of a continent to the other. In American English, transcontinental usually means from one side of the United States to the other. □  …in mid-nineteenth-century America, before the transcontinental railroad was built.

tran|scribe /trænskra I b/ (transcribes , transcribing , transcribed )

1 VERB If you transcribe a speech or text, you write it out in a different form from the one in which it exists, for example by writing it out in full from notes or from a tape recording. □ [V n] She is transcribing, from his dictation, the diaries of Simon Forman.

2 VERB If you transcribe a piece of music for an instrument which is not the one for which it was originally written, you rewrite it so that it can be played on that instrument. □ [V n + for ] He gave up trying to write for the guitar and decided to transcribe the work for piano. [Also V n]

tran|script /træ nskr I pt/ (transcripts ) N‑COUNT A transcript of a conversation or speech is a written text of it, based on a recording or notes.

tran|scrip|tion /trænskr I pʃ ^ə n/ (transcriptions )

1 N‑UNCOUNT Transcription of speech or text is the process of transcribing it.

2 N‑COUNT A transcription of a conversation or speech is a written text of it, based on a recording or notes.

trans|der|mal /træ nzdɜː ^r m ^ə l/ ADJ Transdermal medicine is absorbed through the skin, for example by means of a skin patch. □  …a transdermal cream.

tran|sept /træ nsept/ (transepts ) N‑COUNT In a cathedral or church, the transept is the part which projects to the north or south of the main part of the building.