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B1nounmediatechnology

US/rɪˈkɔːr.dɪŋ/
UK/rɪˈkɔː.dɪŋ/

sounds or images stored so they can be played again; also the act of storing them

In context

  • The teacher played a recording of two people ordering food in a restaurant.

  • The band spent three months in the studio working on their new recording.

  • Police found a video recording of the robbery on a security camera.

Words that go with recording

noun + noun

  • video recordingThe lecture is available as a video recording on the school website.
  • audio recordingListen to the audio recording and answer the questions.
  • recording studioThey rented a recording studio to make their first album.

verb + noun

  • make a recordingCan I make a recording of this meeting for colleagues who couldn't come?
  • play a recordingThe teacher played a recording of a native speaker reading the poem.

adjective + noun

  • live recordingThis live recording of the concert sounds better than the studio version.
  • original recordingThe film uses the original recording of a famous 1960s song.