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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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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Digger was the last standalone release for the studio before its recent takeover by Paramount.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Twenty-five years ago, inside a New York recording studio, System of a Down was mixing an unreleased song called “Chop Suey!” for the band’s second album, “Toxicity.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
But Ratusznik said it was a commercial choice for the studio based in Krakow and which is known for having developed the "Ghostrunner" game.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Amazon’s other sizable acquisitions in recent years include a $6.5 billion deal for the MGM movie and television studio in 2022 and a roughly $11 billion deal for Starlink rival Globalstar announced earlier this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
On the studio floor, rehearsal was under way for one of the Act Two scenes.
From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene
Skydance has said it will keep the Warner Bros. and Paramount studios distinct, though Paramount Pictures chiefs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein are expected to oversee both.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
From the company’s Shanghai studios, crews broadcast live on the apps for 12 hours a day, while shoppers bombard them with comments and questions in a chat that dominates part of the screen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
These accolades came after he directed two comic-book adaptations for Hollywood studios: “Blade II” and “Hellboy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Unlike recent flagship titles from the company's studios, which have been released on PlayStation 5 and, in some cases, Nintendo Switch, E-Day is being pushed as an Xbox exclusive.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
A blazing TV monitor announces what’s happening in which studios: Gypsy in Studio F; Phantom in Studio C; Carousel auditions in Studio J. It’s...incredible.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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