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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Noun Inflected Forms
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
Example Sentences
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She handed out copies of her longtime friend Madonna’s new album to the studio audience, told stories about ordinary life and looked completely at home.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
It’s a challenging process, though, depending on the studio and if ownership of the property has changed hands since the cartoon first aired.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
It featured an art studio, game room, bar, and music studio.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Together they released 15 studio and four live albums, with hit singles like Gimme All Your Lovin', Sleeping Bag, and Viva Las Vegas.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
George was on the other side of the studio, wearing her wicked stepmother costume: a long, dark gray dress with a high collar.
From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene
TikTok parent ByteDance brought back home a Google researcher, and within a year built a powerful video-generation tool that is now widely used by content creators and Hollywood studios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
By and large, this formula has not worked because studios demand accessibility, even from the artistes.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
“Some of the studios just don’t value these things,” Buermann says of the events.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
And Target’s beauty studios will appear in more stores over the third quarter.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Convinced that Marian had a great future ahead of her, Wilson helped arrange an audition with Giuseppe Boghetti, a well-known voice coach who had studios in both Philadelphia and New York.
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
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