Standard Lemma guide

recording

noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɹɪˈkɔː(ɹ)dɪŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: R AH0 K AO1 R D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: R IH0 K AO1 R D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of storing sound, video, etc., in a permanent medium.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The one-party consent law permits the recording of telephone calls with the consent of at least one of the parties.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A reproduction of sound, video, etc., stored in a permanent medium.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I made a recording of the TV show so that I could watch it later.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The act of registering for something; registration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

present participle and gerund of record

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the act of making a record (especially an audio record)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: transcription

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: creating from raw materials

Narrower terms: lip synchronization, lip synchronisation, lip synch, lip sync, mastering

6

noun

Meaning 6

a signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: signal, signaling, sign

Narrower terms: bologram, bolograph, chromatogram, oscillogram, spirogram

7

noun

Meaning 7

a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: memory device, storage device

Narrower terms: compact disk, compact disc, CD, cover, cover version, cover song, sound recording, audio recording, audio, tape, tape recording, taping, transcription, video recording, video

History

Etymology

By surface analysis, record + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: Aufnehmen — act of storing sound, video, etc. in a permanent medium
  • German: Aufzeichnen — act of storing sound, video, etc. in a permanent medium
  • German: Mitschneiden — act of storing sound, video, etc. in a permanent medium
  • German: Aufnahme — act of storing sound, video, etc. in a permanent medium
  • German: Aufzeichnung — act of storing sound, video, etc. in a permanent medium
  • German: Mitschnitt — act of storing sound, video, etc. in a permanent medium
  • Indonesian: merekam — act of storing sound, video, etc. in a permanent medium
  • Polish: nagranie — act of storing sound, video, etc. in a permanent medium
  • Arabic: تَسْجِيل (tasjīl) — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Belarusian: за́піс (zápis) — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Bulgarian: за́пис (zápis) — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Catalan: gravació — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Catalan: enregistrament — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Chinese Mandarin: 錄音 /录音 (lùyīn) — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Czech: záznam — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Czech: nahrávka — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Dutch: opname — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Finnish: tallenne — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Finnish: taltiointi — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Finnish: äänite — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Finnish: äänitys — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Finnish: levytys — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Finnish: nauhoite — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Finnish: nauhoitus — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • French: enregistrement — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Galician: gravación — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Georgian: ჩანაწერი (čanac̣eri) — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • German: Aufnahme — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • German: Aufzeichnung — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • German: Mitschnitt — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Greek: ηχογράφηση (ichográfisi) — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Greek: μαγνητοσκόπηση (magnitoskópisi) — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Hungarian: felvétel — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Indonesian: rekaman — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Irish: taifeadadh — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Italian: registrazione — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Japanese: 録音 (rokuon) — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Korean: 녹음 (nogeum) — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Korean: 록음 (rogeum) — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Lithuanian: įrašas — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Macedonian: запис (zapis) — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Malay: rakaman — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Māori: hopunga — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Māori: hopunga puoro — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Māori: hopunga ataata — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Norwegian: opptak — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Norwegian: tagning — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Norwegian Bokmål: innspilling — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Polish: nagranie — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Portuguese: gravação — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Romanian: înregistrare — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Russian: за́пись (zápisʹ) — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Spanish: grabación — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Swedish: inspelning — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Swedish: upptagning — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Ukrainian: за́пис (zápys) — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Vietnamese: bản ghi — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Vietnamese: bản thu — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Vietnamese: bản thâu — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Walloon: eredjistrumint — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • Yiddish: רעקאָרדירונג (rekordirung) — reproduction stored in a permanent medium
  • German: Eintragen — act of registering for something
  • German: Registrieren — act of registering for something
  • German: Eintragung — act of registering for something
  • German: Registrierung — act of registering for something
  • Indonesian: mendaftar — act of registering for something
Real reading context

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