to tape record
- phrasal verb
- /teɪp rɪˈkɔrd/
- Archaic
- On practice day, tape record yourself as you practice the assigned piece.
- interviews were tape recorded
- sessions were tape-recorded
Examples
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The interviews were tape recorded and transcribed to ensure accurate data collection.
Academic text (2015) -
We tape recorded the interviews.
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And I used to tape record radio programs.
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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 record sound or images using a device
To record sound on tape
To make an audio or video file to use later
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
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'.