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recording

recording

283 1.5
A saved audio or video file you can play
  • noun
  • /rɪˈkɔːrdɪŋ/
translation icon : grabación
  • The teacher played a recording of the concert for the students.
  • sound recordings
  • listen to recordings
  • video recordings

Now the scripts for these recordings were very strange.

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Examples

  • Ross switched to channel 8, and we got a recording of the whole incident.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • You have a recording of the report, right?

  • I take the writing and the recording of my music very seriously.

  • So, well, let's hear that recording from The Associated Press again.

  • I'll have a transcript made of the recording.

  • In addition, time is spent listening to and critiquing recordings of works in progress.

    Academic text (1999)
  • But during his lifetime, William Savory kept these recordings largely to himself.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Miss O'Connor, I have a tape recording of the night Miss O'Flaherty was killed.

  • To prevent further deterioration and restore the audio quality of the recordings, the museum is digitizing the collection.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Ornithologists and amateur birders contribute recordings of bird songs collected from nations across the globe.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

videotape
vsrecording
  • Archaic
488 3.0

A tape that records or plays moving pictures

refers to any captured item regardless of physical format
taping
vsrecording
  • Archaic
30 3.2

A recording of sound or video made on tape

is the general act or item of capturing, not medium specific
tape recording
vsrecording
  • Archaic
17 2.9

Sound or pictures saved on long plastic tape for playing later

is broader, covering captures on any storage medium
audio recording
vsrecording
14 2.3

A saved sound like a file or tape of speech and music

is more general, applying to both sound and visual captures
sound recording
vsrecording
9 3.2

A saved copy of voices, music, or other noises you can play back

is broader, covering captured sounds and visual images together
audio file
vsrecording
  • Specialized
9 3.3

A digital item that stores recorded sound like a song or podcast

is any captured medium, not only a digital item
video recording
vsrecording
6 2.2

A film of moving images with sound that you can watch later

is the general captured media that can lack moving images

Compounds

A room or building where people make and store music and other sounds

tape recording
  • Archaic
17 2.9

Sound or pictures saved on long plastic tape for playing later

A saved sound like a file or tape of speech and music

A saved copy of voices, music, or other noises you can play back

A film of moving images with sound that you can watch later

Machines used to take and save sound or video

A business that helps artists make and sell music

recording system
  • Specialized
1 3.2

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

A company that makes and sells music recordings for singers and bands

A machine that makes and stores sound or video

graphical recording
  • Specialized
4.0

A picture that shows how numbers relate using points or lines on two lines called axes

7.9

A flat disk with a long groove that makes sound when a needle moves

A flat disk used to make and play sound on an old record player

A sound recording made long ago that people value for its warm sound and history

vintage recording
  • Specialized
4.6

A recording made now to sound like old records using tape machines or analog gear

How Long

recording
283 1.5
clip
526 1.9
snippet
36 4.8

Surface Forms

recording singular
recordings plural

Morphology

recording = record (transparent) = record + ing

A straightforward deverbal noun meaning the resulting file or object produced by the action 'record' plus the noun-forming '-ing'.

Etymology

Recording comes from the verb record, which comes from the Latin parts re- 'again' and cord 'heart', so it once meant to 'bring back to the heart' or 'remember'. Today a recording is a file, tape, or video that stores sounds or images so you can play them back and 'remember' them later.