studio
Americannoun
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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
Other Word 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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The studio developed CharacterOS, a proprietary system preserving character personality, voice, and safety across interactive experiences.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Darren Aronofsky's studio used AI to recreate the American Revolution in a series of short films, and Steven Soderbergh has used it to create visual scenes in a new documentary about John Lennon.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Hasbro HAS 0.30%increase; green up pointing triangle on Wednesday launched Sixth Wall, a new artificial-intelligence studio aiming to bring the toymaker’s cast of characters into the new technological era.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
For Reeves, recording in an old-school L.A. studio — even as technology has made it easy to do it cheaply at home — was worth the considerable expense.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
“We should visit a photography studio while we’re here,” I said eagerly.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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