recording

/ri'kɔ:diɳ/

Thân thiện

The musician listened to the recording of her new song.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A storage device containing recorded information: A physical object or digital medium on which sounds, images, or data have been stored for later playback or use.
   • The act or process of capturing information: The action of making a record, especially an audio or visual one.
   • The recorded content itself: The signal, sound, or image that has been captured and stored.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The band listened to the recording of their live performance. (The band listened to the captured audio of their performance.)
  • The recording of the interview took two hours. (The process of capturing the interview lasted two hours.)
  • This hard drive contains all the studio recordings. (This hard drive holds all the captured studio content.)

Advanced Usage

• "To make a recording of": To capture and store audio or visual information.
  • The journalist made a recording of the official statement.
• "Off the recording": Said when information is not to be officially captured or noted.
  • What I'm about to tell you is off the recording.

Variants and Related Words

• Record (verb/noun): To capture information; or the information captured.
  • Please record the meeting. (verb)
  • She broke the world record. (noun)
• Recorder (noun): A person or device that records.
  • He is the official recorder for the court.
  • I bought a new digital audio recorder.

Synonyms

• Log: A record of events, often in chronological order.
• Documentation: The collection of documents or recorded evidence.
• Tape (in specific contexts): An older medium for recording or the recording itself.

Related Phrases

• Recording studio: A specialized room designed for the recording of sound.
  • The band spent a week in the recording studio.
• Recording artist: A musician or performer whose work is captured on recordings.
  • She is a successful recording artist.

Related Idioms

• For the record: Used to state something officially or to correct a misunderstanding.
  • For the record, I was not present at that time.
• On record: Officially stated or documented.
  • This is the hottest summer on record.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded
2. the act of making a record (especially an audio record)
   • she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth
3. a signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded

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