Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of record
1 more example
Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
2013 May 18, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian, volume 188, Review section, page 9, column 1
plural recordings
- A reproduction of sound, video, etc., stored in a permanent medium.
I made a recording of the TV show so that I could watch it later.
2 more examples
But, she says, a wartime ban on recordings using shellac and vinyl kept the Walker version from being released.
2002 April 29, Norman Pearlstine, “A Month Of Mondays If that doesn't give you the blues, nothing will. Norman Pearlstine ranks his favorite versions of the classic "Stormy Monday Blues"--one for every doggone working day of the month.”, in CNN Money, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2022The resulting integrated neurograms were then studied, and only the recordings with bursts that reached a signal:noise ratio of at least 3:1 were accepted for analysis.
2015 September 19, “Optimal Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Pacing Rate in Non-Ischemic Heart Failure Patients: A Randomized Crossover Pilot Trial”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI - The act of registering for something; registration.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of making a record (especially an audio record)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
By surface analysis, record + -ing.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَسْجِيل
- تَسْجِيل (tasjīl)reproduction stored in a permanent medium
Bulgarian за́пис
- за́пис (zápis)reproduction stored in a permanent medium
Catalan gravació, enregistrament
- gravacióreproduction stored in a permanent medium
- enregistramentreproduction stored in a permanent medium
Chinese Mandarin 錄音 /录音
- 錄音 /录音 (lùyīn)reproduction stored in a permanent medium
Czech záznam, nahrávka
- záznamreproduction stored in a permanent medium
- nahrávkareproduction stored in a permanent medium
Dutch opname
- opnamereproduction stored in a permanent medium
Finnish tallenne, taltiointi
- tallennereproduction stored in a permanent medium
- taltiointireproduction stored in a permanent medium
- äänitereproduction stored in a permanent medium
- äänitysreproduction stored in a permanent medium
- levytysreproduction stored in a permanent medium
- nauhoitereproduction stored in a permanent medium
- nauhoitusreproduction stored in a permanent medium
French enregistrement
- enregistrementreproduction stored in a permanent medium
German Aufnehmen, Aufzeichnen
- Aufnehmenact of storing sound, video, etc. in a permanent medium
- Aufzeichnenact of storing sound, video, etc. in a permanent medium
- Mitschneidenact of storing sound, video, etc. in a permanent medium
- Aufnahmeact of storing sound, video, etc. in a permanent medium
- Aufzeichnungact of storing sound, video, etc. in a permanent medium
- Mitschnittact of storing sound, video, etc. in a permanent medium
- Aufnahmereproduction stored in a permanent medium
- Aufzeichnungreproduction stored in a permanent medium
- Mitschnittreproduction stored in a permanent medium
- Eintragenact of registering for something
- Registrierenact of registering for something
- Eintragungact of registering for something
Greek ηχογράφηση, μαγνητοσκόπηση
- ηχογράφηση (ichográfisi)reproduction stored in a permanent medium
- μαγνητοσκόπηση (magnitoskópisi)reproduction stored in a permanent medium
Hungarian felvétel
- felvételreproduction stored in a permanent medium
Indonesian merekam, rekaman
- merekamact of storing sound, video, etc. in a permanent medium
- rekamanreproduction stored in a permanent medium
- mendaftaract of registering for something
Irish taifeadadh
- taifeadadhreproduction stored in a permanent medium
Italian registrazione
- registrazionereproduction stored in a permanent medium
Japanese 録音
- 録音 (rokuon)reproduction stored in a permanent medium
Korean 녹음, 록음
- 녹음 (nogeum)reproduction stored in a permanent medium
- 록음 (rogeum)reproduction stored in a permanent medium
Lithuanian įrašas
- įrašasreproduction stored in a permanent medium
Malay rakaman
- rakamanreproduction stored in a permanent medium
Māori hopunga, hopunga puoro
- hopungareproduction stored in a permanent medium
- hopunga puororeproduction stored in a permanent medium
- hopunga ataatareproduction stored in a permanent medium
Norwegian opptak, tagning
- opptakreproduction stored in a permanent medium
- tagningreproduction stored in a permanent medium
Norwegian Bokmål innspilling
- innspillingreproduction stored in a permanent medium
Polish nagranie, nagranie
- nagranieact of storing sound, video, etc. in a permanent medium
- nagraniereproduction stored in a permanent medium
Portuguese gravação
- gravaçãoreproduction stored in a permanent medium
Romanian înregistrare
- înregistrarereproduction stored in a permanent medium
Russian за́пись
- за́пись (zápisʹ)reproduction stored in a permanent medium
Spanish grabación
- grabaciónreproduction stored in a permanent medium
Swedish inspelning, upptagning
- inspelningreproduction stored in a permanent medium
- upptagningreproduction stored in a permanent medium
Ukrainian за́пис
- за́пис (zápys)reproduction stored in a permanent medium
Vietnamese bản ghi, bản thu
- bản ghireproduction stored in a permanent medium
- bản thureproduction stored in a permanent medium
- bản thâureproduction stored in a permanent medium
Yiddish רעקאָרדירונג
- רעקאָרדירונג (rekordirung)reproduction stored in a permanent medium
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Cite this entry
recording. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recording
“recording.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recording. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recording,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recording.
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