stereo
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1.8
- noun
- /ˈstɛrioʊ/
:
equipo de sonido
- We enjoy listening to music on our stereo because it creates a rich, immersive sound experience.
- a stereo system
- speakers for a stereo
And is it possible to have a car stereo sound like a stadium?
- And is it possible to have a car stereo sound like a stadium?
- And I went down and got a Mac stereo from RadioShack.
- My buddies passed out and, you know, got a big stereo, got the car.
- And it almost like turns it from like stereo to like mono.
- And then, you know, they're just drunk and blasting their stereos.
- Just type with Joe Weller on stereo, please, guys, please.
- I was, I was buying stereos off the people.
- And Tom went and the guy played him stereo.
- And thought we were very cool with our ridiculous stereos.
Examples
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Cool European-sounding jazz was on the stereo, like background music in some subtle, bittersweet foreign film.
Fiction book (1990) -
Then he'd turned on the stereo, muted, soft, and pleasant, the songs of the forties.
Fiction book (1991) -
Well, the good news is the stereo sounds great.
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The critical question, what kind of stereo equipment do you have?
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And is it possible to have a car stereo sound like a stadium?
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One easy chair, a television, and a good stereo system completed the pleasant room.
Fiction book (1991) -
Let's test out the stereo speakers on this unit.
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This is the stereo that really does give you all kinds of features... but it does it in a compact size.
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He's got some nice stereo equipment.
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Music blasted from the cheap stereo, though no one danced to it or even seemed to hear it.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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2.8
A set of electronic equipment that plays recorded music through two speakers
Equipment with two or more speakers that makes sound seem to come from different places
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
Photographs made as two slightly different pictures that show depth when viewed together
How Spatial
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word stereo comes from the Greek root stereos meaning 'solid' or 'three-dimensional'. A helpful way to remember modern stereo systems is to think of 'solid' sound: they use two or more speakers to give a sense of space and depth.