tape recording
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2.9
- noun
- /teɪp rɪˈkɔːrdɪŋ/
- Archaic
:
grabación en cinta
- She captured the concert on a tape recording so she could relive the experience later.
- audio tape recording
- tape recording equipment
- use of tape recordings
He knows that they have this tape recording of him at the kennels.
- He knows that they have this tape recording of him at the kennels.
- It's pretty clear that you can only go so far just listening to these sounds from a tape recording or something like that.
- He took out a visor out his car, cut the padding at it and put a secret tape recording in it.
- And, and I had the tape recording from the police and I reached out to Andrew Norfolk at the Times newspaper.
Examples
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The detective reviewed the tape recording of the suspect's confession for further evidence.
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Miss O'Connor, I have a tape recording of the night Miss O'Flaherty was killed.
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A woman at the time turns on a tape recording of a huge fall, much bigger than that.
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It's pretty clear that you can only go so far just listening to these sounds from a tape recording or something like that.
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I arranged for that tape recording to play while you were in the study, no one else heard it.
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This tape recording is for George Lawrence...
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Well, we're analyzing the tape recording.
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Audio tape recordings of each focus group were transcribed and checked for accuracy by a second researcher.
Academic text (2004) -
This is exhibit 'Q', a tape recording made aboard... the U.S.S. Wake Island of all radio communications received that day, including your exact words.
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To ensure participant confidentiality, all tape recordings were destroyed after transcriptions were completed.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
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1.8
A long thin plastic strip that holds recorded sound or video
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3.0
A tape that records or plays moving pictures
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1.5
A saved audio or video file you can play
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2.6
A small flat plastic case that holds tape for music or video
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3.7
A long strip of tape for recording sound
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3.2
A recording of sound or video made on tape
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2.3
A saved sound like a file or tape of speech and music
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2.4
A small flat case with tape that holds music or sound
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3.2
A saved copy of voices, music, or other noises you can play back
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2.2
A film of moving images with sound that you can watch later
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8.2
An item like a record or CD that holds recorded sound for playing
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a recording made on magnetic tape' is directly and compositionally derived from 'tape' (a strip holding sound/video) + 'recording' (saved sounds or images). This straightforward noun–noun compound follows common English compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Tape recording comes from old machines that used a long strip of magnetic tape to hold music or voices. The sounds left marks on the tape, so tape recording simply means a recording saved on that strip.