voice-over
Americannoun
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voice-overs
plural
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the voice of an offscreen narrator, announcer, or the like.
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a televised sequence, as in a commercial, using such a voice.
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any offscreen voice, as that of a character in a narrative.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of voice-over
First recorded in 1945–50
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Bruno works as a voice-over actor and attended a screening of the film Friday night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
He also carved out a career as a voice-over artist.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
In the early years of television, voice-over introductions to shows and their casts were a necessity of the medium.
From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026
Inspired by the popularity of the Japanese “Iron Chef” broadcast with an English voice-over, Food Network created an American adaptation, “Iron Chef America,” which premiered in 2005 and continued until 2018.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
A voice-over tells the audience what they are viewing as we try to regroup, react to the black gel shooting from the street, lose control of the situation.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
Given a text prompt, Seedance 2.0 can arrange a coherent story line, create realistic voice-overs and background sounds, and generate complex character actions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
The anonymous messenger said the voice-overs would "not be disclosed externally and will only be consumed internally".
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025
He’s had nearly every behind-the-scenes gig on the Knott’s Elvira show from audio tech, to programming giant old stacks of TVs, to graphics and voice-overs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024
Some of the videos used artificially generated avatars or voice-overs, making the campaign the first influence operation known to the institute to pair A.I. voices with video essays.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
Mimicking the deep-voiced passion of commercial voice-overs, she said, “It’s small, it’s slow, and it’s shitty, but it runs. Sometimes. Blue Citrus: See Your Local Used-Car Dealer.”
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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