studio
Americannoun
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studios
plural
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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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Following its success with puzzle game Lemmings, the studio was toying around with the idea of making a racing game, initially called Race'n'Chase.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
Emergency crews were called to FirstStage studio in Leith at about 15:00 on Thursday.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
We would just go to places near the dance studio to get sandwiches during our break.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
Peter Bogdanovich’s diaries are primarily the record of an ardent movie fan, but they also chronicle the transition to a more director-centered studio system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Deirdre had written a "late-breaking story" about the theft of the Cinderella slippers from Tim McGuire's dance studio.
From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene
Several of the 250 gaming studios based in the city have had layoffs this year.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
Glasgow-based Screen Burn is another of Scotland's most successful independent game studios, employing 27 staff.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
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
Disney and other studios have sued AI companies Midjourney and MiniMax, and in February, Disney sent a cease-and-desist letter to Chinese tech company ByteDance over its AI video generator Seedance 2.0.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
This isn’t all that unusual, because as with all the Sunday- morning shows, the major networks—CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, and Fox—always send crews to one another’s studios to grab exit interviews with the guests.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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