studio
Americannoun
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studios
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the workroom or atelier of an artist, as a painter or sculptor.
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a room or place for instruction or experimentation in one of the performing arts.
a dance studio.
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a room or set of rooms specially equipped for broadcasting radio or television programs, making phonograph records, filming motion pictures, etc.
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all the buildings and adjacent land required or used by a company engaged in the production of motion pictures.
noun
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a room in which an artist, photographer, or musician works
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a room used to record television or radio programmes, make films, etc
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(plural) the premises of a radio, television, or film company
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Etymology
Origin of studio
First recorded in 1800–10; 1910–15 studio for def. 4; from Italian, from Latin studium; see study
Explanation
A studio is a room or space where an artist either teaches classes or does their work. If you make pottery, you might dream of one day having a studio in your back yard. A studio is an artist's dedicated space for making art, whether they're a painter, photographer, or even a writer. Films are made in another type of studio, a facility for producing movies (and studio is also frequently used to mean the business entity that produces a movie). Musicians work in studios too, spaces specially designed for recording music. There's also a studio apartment, a one-room living space.
Vocabulary lists containing studio
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Casher also owned and ran CDP Sound, a Burbank recording and sound studio he first built in 1967 in Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
The truck’s windows were supposed to be bulletproof, lending the thing a postapocalyptic vibe, but they embarrassingly cracked during the Cybertruck’s livestreamed launch event at its design studio near Los Angeles.
From Slate ● Nov. 9, 2026
And they have all been bestsellers, bringing in billions of dollars for Take-Two Interactive, parent company of the Rockstar Games studio.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
Examining their mutually nourishing creativity and the ways they pursued their own distinct artistic paths, the exhibition also presents a restaging of the artists’ studio, relocated from their home in Sussex.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
They climbed into a pair of golf carts and, with Tru driving one and Mother the other, resumed their caravan across the studio lot.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Several other studios delayed the release of new games to avoid being caught in the hype cycle around GTA VI.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
Hartland has been recording at Rockfield studios in Monmouth, which has also played host to the likes of Oasis, Iggy Pop and Queen.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
We spoke outside Univision’s studios after her interview.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Developed in parallel by several studios, "Call of Duty" has been split into two series for more than 15 years, with new titles released in alternating years.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Art and dance studios lined the left side and lapidary labs the right.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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