recording

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Synonyms of recording next

present participle of record entry 1

recording

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noun

re·cord·ing ri-ˈkȯr-diŋ

plural recordings

: the process of recording something

The recording took place at the studio.

a recording session

: something that has been recorded

a recording of measurement data

especially : a sequence of sounds or visual images stored in or played from a reproducible form

listening to early jazz recordings

watched a live recording of the concert

: something (such as a vinyl record or a digital file) on or in which a recording is stored : record entry 2 sense 4

organized the recordings by artist and genre

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The recording studio’s social media pages appear to be run by Evans. —

Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024 ProPublica’s story that included a recording of a 6-year-old Salvadoran girl wailing for her mother prompted an immediate end to the first Trump administration’s policy of deterring migrants by separating families. —

Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 6 Nov. 2024 An anonymous user had been intermittently posting bite-size recordings of a discussion between Parks and an unspecified person. —

Nick Sullivan, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024 Meanwhile, the political pressure around the legal rulings in the case was so strong, the nation’s high court broke with its tradition of barring electronic recordings. —

Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for recording