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recorder

recorder

177 2.6
A device that saves sound or images for later playback
  • noun
  • /rɪˈkɔrdər/
translation icon : grabadora
  • I used a recorder to capture our meeting so I could listen to it later.
  • digital recorder
  • audio recorder
  • voice recorder

And then you look at the flight data recorder and, and it impossible.

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Examples

  • How did you use the digital audio recorder with your student?

    Academic text (2015)
  • The 90-minute focus group interview was recorded using both a digital voice recorder and a video recorder.

    Academic text (2011)
  • And she stuck a voice recorder in her, in her pocket or whatever.

  • Mind if I use a tape recorder?

  • Give me the tape recorder.

  • All sessions were recorded with a digital voice recorder and were scored in real time.

    Academic text (2015)
  • In what ways did the use of a digital audio recorder support your student's literacy development?

    Academic text (2015)
  • Focus groups were recorded using digital voice recorders, which were placed in the middle of the group of participants.

    Academic text (2012)
  • And when we got done with that podcast, when Tim pressed stop on the recorder, he said you should really have your own podcast.

  • Students sat at desks with intervention passages and a digital audio recorder placed in front of them.

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

camera
vsrecorder
1.0

A machine that takes photos or records video

focuses more widely on capturing audio, video, or other data
video camera
vsrecorder
91 1.6

A machine that records moving pictures and sound

is broader, including devices primarily for storing data for later use
tape recorder
vsrecorder
  • Archaic
69 2.4

A machine that records and plays sound on tape

is more general, not limited to sound or tape media
tricorder
vsrecorder
  • Specialized
43 9.9

A small handheld device that scans things and shows health or science information

is more general, focused on capturing or storing various media for later use
camcorder
vsrecorder
34 3.4

A small camera that records video and sound

is broader, including devices that only capture audio or video separately
recording equipment
vsrecorder
5 2.9

Machines used to take and save sound or video

is a single device rather than a group of apparatus
tape machine
vsrecorder
  • Archaic
4 3.2

A device that records or plays sound on magnetic tape

covers a wider range of devices beyond tape based machines
Dictaphone
vsrecorder
  • Archaic
4 7.4

A small machine that records and plays back speech to make notes

is broader, intended for many audio or video uses beyond notes
cassette recorder
vsrecorder
  • Archaic
3 2.7

A small machine that records and plays sound on cassette tapes

is broader, including modern digital storage and other data types
recording system
vsrecorder
  • Specialized
1 3.2

A set of devices that capture sound for music or other uses

is any single device for capturing or storing audio or video
videocassette recorder
vsrecorder
  • Archaic
1 4.3

A machine that records and plays television shows on tape

is broader, covering any storage medium and data types
recording machine
vsrecorder
1 3.4

A machine that makes and stores sound or video

is the general term for any device capturing and storing data
multichannel recorder
vsrecorder
  • Specialized
4.5

A device that records two or more separate sound channels at the same time

is broader, covering simple single channel capture as well
magnetic recorder
vsrecorder
  • Specialized
4.0

A device that uses magnetic tape or disk to save sound, pictures and data

is broader, also including non magnetic storage technologies

Compounds

tape recorder
  • Archaic
69 2.4

A machine that records and plays sound on tape

3 2.7

A small machine that records and plays sound on cassette tapes

1 4.3

A machine that records and plays television shows on tape

wire recorder
  • Archaic
1 9.8

An old machine that saves sound on thin metal wire and plays it back

A person who performs music on a small wooden wind instrument like a flute

magnetic recorder
  • Specialized
4.0

A device that uses magnetic tape or disk to save sound, pictures and data

multichannel recorder
  • Specialized
4.5

A device that records two or more separate sound channels at the same time

A medium-sized wind instrument like a flute that plays notes between the tenor and soprano used in groups

How Continuous

surveillance system
  • Specialized
13 3.9
monitor
210 3.1
recorder
177 2.6
meter
127 3.2
indicator
  • Specialized
11 3.7

Surface Forms

recorder singular
recorders plural

Morphology

recorder = record (transparent) = record + er

This is a regular agentive/instrumental formation: a recorder is something that records.

Etymology

Recorder for a device comes from the root record and the Latin recordari meaning 'remember', so a recorder is literally something that 'remembers' sound or video for later playback. That's why we call a small audio or video device a recorder.