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to tape record

to tape record

5 3.2
To put voices or sounds on tape to play them later
  • phrasal verb
  • /teɪp rɪˈkɔrd/
  • Archaic
translation icon : grabar en cinta
  • On practice day, tape record yourself as you practice the assigned piece.
  • interviews were tape recorded
  • sessions were tape-recorded

Examples

  • The interviews were tape recorded and transcribed to ensure accurate data collection.

    Academic text (2015)
  • We tape recorded the interviews.

  • And I used to tape record radio programs.

  • One time this week, tape record yourself as you practice the assigned piece.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Prior to each interview, the students were asked for permission to tape record their responses.

    Academic text (2002)
  • I'll need to tape record it if that's all right with you.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Students' permission was obtained to tape record the interviews, and they were later transcribed for analysis.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The interviewer will tape record the visitors' answers to be transcribed at a later time.

    Academic text (1998)
  • With the participants' permission, the formal interviews were tape-recorded and transcribed for analysis.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Before starting the discussion, please let me know if I can tape record our conversation.

Synonyms

to tape
vsto tape record
293 1.8

To record sound or images using a device

limits it to sounds and to a specific capture device
to audiotape
vsto tape record
  • Archaic
1 4.8

To record sound on tape

focuses on using a specific mechanical audio device
to rec
vsto tape record
  • Informal
1 9.8

To make an audio or video file to use later

is specific to sound and to using a particular capture device

Antonyms

144 1.6

Remove marks, writing, or digital files so they are no longer visible

Surface Forms

tape record infinitive
tape recorded past participle
tape recording present participle
tape records third person singular

Morphology

tape + record

The meaning 'to record sounds or voices using a tape recorder' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'tape' (to record onto tape/a medium) plus 'record' (to make an audio/video/written record); together they specify recording on a tape medium. This is a literal, non-idiomatic combination following standard English compounding/verb + verb patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

Tape record The verb tape record comes from old machines that used a long plastic tape inside a recorder, and when you record the tape kept the voices so you could play them again. That's why tape record means 'to record sounds or voices using a tape recorder'.