rerecording

[ ree-ri-kawr-ding ]

/ ˌri rɪˈkɔr dɪŋ /

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noun Movies.

the preparation of the final sound track of a film or video production, including the mixing of sound effects and dialogue, the recording of additional dialogue, and the addition of music.

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Origin of rerecording

First recorded in 1925–30; re-record + -ing¹

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Example sentences from the Web for rerecording

The odds of getting re-arrested are a lot slimmer if a person has a job.
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Many hold classes in their living rooms, asking students to help re-arrange and then later put back furniture.
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He won re-election twice as governor of New York, and had the hubris to run for a fourth term before being defeated in 1994.
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They would have to get court approval to re-home their children.
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Now Wisconsin is considering making it mandatory for parents who adopt overseas to have their children “re-adopted” in the state.
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Some were even re-arrested for the same nefarious purpose, and the daily papers published their names on each occasion.
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But first he held a whispered colloquy with the Princess, whom he entreated, or persuaded, to re-enter her gorgeous vehicle.
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They are still comparatively supple, and any misplaced pinnæ may be re-arranged without any difficulty.
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A ray of Consciousness is passed over that impression and you re-read it, you re-awaken the record.
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In the next two days he re-wrote the twenty thousand, and on the fifth day he tore it into shreds and threw it to the winds.
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British Dictionary definitions for rerecording

re-recording

noun

a new or different version of a piece of music recorded previouslya re-recording of the song

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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