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• present participle of record.

recording

American  

[ri-kawr-ding] / rɪˈkɔr dɪŋ /

noun

• recordings
  plural

1. the act or practice of a person or thing that records.

2. sound recorded on a disk or tape.

3. a disk or tape on which something is recorded.

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recording British  

/ rɪˈkɔːdɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. the act or process of making a record, esp of sound on a gramophone record or magnetic tape

   2. ( as modifier )

      recording studio

      recording head

2. the record or tape so produced

3. something that has been recorded, esp a radio or television programme

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• recordings
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of recording

1300–50; Middle English (gerund); see record, -ing ¹

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Explanation

A recording is the recorded audio that's stored on a tape or an electronic device. If you make a recording of your history class lecture, you'll be able to listen to it later when you study for the midterm exam (or when you want to nod off to sleep). The business of making and selling popular songs can be called "the recording industry," and you can also talk about a recording of your favorite jazz album. In addition to audio recordings, there are also video recordings, like the one you take of your little brother's dance recital or soccer game. Recording comes from the verb record, which we can trace back to the Latin recordari, "remember, call to mind, or be mindful of."

Example Sentences

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recording recordings

These are some of the prompts an engineer arrested by federal authorities last week is accused of submitting to an artificial intelligence chatbot to program a recording device hidden in an OpenAI conference room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Writing on Facebook on Friday, Feeney said he wanted "to offer my sincere and unreserved apologies for the comments I made in the recording that has recently come to light".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

In “Ulysses S. Cat and Other Animals I Have Known,” Scott Simon tells of a cat who runs roughshod over recording equipment and boldly horns in on interviews with politicians and pundits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

In a 2020 interview with Nashville Lifestyles, Gifford explained that she had visited the city plenty of times throughout her career, recording albums, filming TV shows, and attending the CMA festival.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The video recording announces, “The rover Resilience brought home many important discoveries that have moved our understanding of Mars forward, but the planet still holds many mysteries yet to be solved.”

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

It was not known if the recordings were shared with a third party, notably in China, but the officer could not rule out the possibility.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

It calls the search “neither justified nor lawful” and asks that copies of any video or audio recordings made in the home be shared.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

But perhaps the most damning testimonial comes from Musk himself – or rather, existing audio recordings of Musk delivered by an AI version of the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, since he refused to participate.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

As yet, it is not clear what he was planning to do with the recordings.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

He asked for the recordings, anything he could get his hands on.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

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