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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In a voice-over, Liam reveals, enjoying himself wasn't the goal.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
He compiled clips from his life, set it to music and recorded a voice-over telling people how he learned to make his money matter more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Bruno works as a voice-over actor and attended a screening of the film Friday night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
“Now the Waymo driver is safer than a human one,” a voice-over says, “…Not because humans aren’t enough, but because they’re everything.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
“The average person has an IQ of one hundred,” the voice-over continued.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
Now an official Delta influencer, Kucera watches tutorials on how to edit videos with music, as well as create voice-overs and captions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
The anonymous messenger said the voice-overs would "not be disclosed externally and will only be consumed internally".
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2025
It can come off a little pretentious, with its Roman numeral “chapter” titles, nervous zoom shots and ponderous voice-overs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 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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