recording Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun a signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded
   
2. noun the act of making a record (especially an audio record)
   transcription.
   
   • she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth
3. noun a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded
   
4. verb make a record of; set down in permanent form
   record; put down; enter.
   
5. verb register electronically
   record; tape.
   
   • They recorded her singing
6. verb indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
   read; record; register; show.
   
   • The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
   • The gauge read `empty'
7. verb be aware of
   record; register.
   
   • Did you register any change when I pressed the button?
8. verb be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
   immortalize; memorialise; commemorate; record; memorialize; immortalise.
   
   • This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps
   • We memorialized the Dead

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