studio

[ stoo-dee-oh, styoo- ]

/ ˈstu diˌoʊ, ˈstyu- /

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noun, plural stu·di·os.

the workroom or atelier of an artist, as a painter or sculptor.

a room or place for instruction or experimentation in one of the performing arts: a dance studio.

a room or set of rooms specially equipped for broadcasting radio or television programs, making phonograph records, filming motion pictures, etc.

all the buildings and adjacent land required or used by a company engaged in the production of motion pictures.

studio apartment.

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Origin of studio

1800–10; 1910–15 for def. 4; <Italian <Latin studium;see study

Words nearby studio

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How to use studio in a sentence

Knowing this, studios have radically change their operations to create content remotely.
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Fumudoh works with the digital comedy studio Above Average and is also a writer on the hit Showtime late-night talk show Desus and Mero.
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However, shooting at home means that the 26-episode season, which normally takes three weeks to film in studio, will now take 10 weeks, according to Bishop.
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Most TV and film studios have been shut down since February.
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Clashes in 2016–17 were so intense that Anatole and his athletes were forced to leave the studio.
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These negotiations are not uncommon on junketed studio films.
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About 45 minutes past our interview time, the studio flack summons me.
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That was amazing because I spent so much time in a different kind of studio for once!
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At the music studio, Brinsley would arrive by train or bus to break into the music scene.
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We were on her roof talking and trying to come up with ideas, to think of alternatives to renting a studio.
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In spite of this, the garden studio was not wholly forsaken, and nearly every day she accomplished something there.
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But she did not succeed in finding a suitable studio, neither an instructor who pleased her, and she returned to Amsterdam.
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He remembers the good dinners at the little restaurant near his studio, where they dined among the old crowd.
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And those memorable dinners in the old studio back of the Gare Montparnasse!
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This dreamer could be seen daily ferreting around the Quarter for a studio always bigger than the one he had.
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British Dictionary definitions for studio

studio

/ (ˈstjuːdɪˌəʊ) /

noun plural -dios

a room in which an artist, photographer, or musician works

a room used to record television or radio programmes, make films, etc

(plural) the premises of a radio, television, or film company

Word Origin for studio

C19: from Italian, literally: study, from Latin studium diligence

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