Meanings
nounaudio description (countable and uncountable, plural audio descriptions)
plural audio descriptions · alternative audiodescription · alternative audio-description
- countableuncountableAn audio track on a video recording, timed to the footage of a film, that typically consists of a narrator describing what is happening in the film being shown.
Synonyms: AD, video description
- countableuncountableThe process of making such tracks.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn audio track on a video recording, timed to the footage of a film, that typically consists of a narrator describing what is happening in the film being shown.
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Translations
Dutch audiodescriptie
- audiodescriptieTranslations
Finnish kuvailutulkkaus
- kuvailutulkkausTranslations
French vidéodescription, audiodescription
- vidéodescriptionTranslations
- audiodescriptionTranslations
German Audiodeskription
- AudiodeskriptionTranslations
Italian audiodescrizione
- audiodescrizioneTranslations
Japanese 副音声
- 副音声 (fukuonsei)Translations
Polish audiodeskrypcja
- audiodeskrypcjaTranslations
Portuguese audiodescrição
- audiodescriçãoTranslations
Spanish audiodescripción
- audiodescripciónTranslations
Swedish syntolkning
- syntolkningTranslations
Turkish sesli betimleme
- sesli betimlemeTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
audio description. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audio%20description
MLA
“audio description.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audio%20description. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “audio description,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audio%20description.
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