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to prerecord

to prerecord

4 4.4
To record audio or video before it is broadcast
  • verb
  • /ˌpriːrɪˈkɔːrd/
translation icon : grabar por adelantado
  • Before the show started, the radio station aired prerecorded interviews with the featured guests.
  • prerecorded video
  • prerecorded accompaniment

Examples

  • So I have prerecorded a couple of videos and if the Internet allows it, I can put those online while I'm in Mexico.

  • Of course, there are also prerecorded accompaniment tapes provided by many firms.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Before rating the speech samples, they listened to prerecorded instructions and completed one practice rating.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The video clips seen during the concert are prerecorded and edited into the broadcast.

    Academic text (2000)
  • GarageBand includes several prerecorded loop tracks.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Courses with prerecorded lessons used media such as DVDs, audiocassettes, or computer files to deliver instruction.

    Academic text (2013)
  • An exiled King Constantine was allowed to broadcast only a short prerecorded campaign message a few days before the plebiscite.

    Academic text (1990)
  • I have a prerecorded testimony from Dr. Robertson, a licensed veterinarian and also manager of Bark-A-Bout.

  • Because TLN discontinued operations in summer 2009, CEA/COA programming was delivered to prisons via prerecorded courses on DVD beginning in the fall of 2009.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The ability to seamlessly insert advertisements and products into prerecorded multimedia has recently been perfected by sportscasters.

    Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

to record
vsto prerecord
762 2.3

To make a written, audio, or video copy of something for later use

is done before broadcast or public presentation rather than at any time
to videotape
vsto prerecord
  • Archaic
106 3.2

To record a TV program or event on tape

is done before broadcast or public presentation rather than during live transmission
to video
vsto prerecord
11 3.2

To record moving pictures with a camera

is done before broadcast or public presentation rather than at any time
to tape record
vsto prerecord
  • Archaic
5 3.2

To put voices or sounds on tape to play them later

is done in advance of broadcast or public presentation rather than at the moment
to audiotape
vsto prerecord
  • Archaic
1 4.8

To record sound on tape

is usually done before broadcast or public presentation rather than anytime
to rec
vsto prerecord
  • Informal
1 9.8

To make an audio or video file to use later

is performed before broadcast or public presentation rather than casually at any time

Antonyms

691 3.1

Happening while people watch or listen

How Early

to prerecord
4 4.4
to record
762 2.3
live
342 3.2

Surface Forms

prerecord infinitive
prerecorded past participle
prerecording present participle
prerecords third person singular

Morphology

prerecord = record (transparent) = pre + record

The meaning is a straightforward application of 'pre-' meaning 'before' to the verb 'record'.

Etymology

Prerecord is made of pre- meaning 'before' and record meaning 'to capture sound or images'. So to prerecord something is to record it ahead of time, before it is shown or broadcast.