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# recording

«recording» in Mova's school dictionary: **sound or pictures that have been stored so they can be…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a recording, recordings; recording, uncountable); verb form of «record» (recording)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A recording is sound or pictures that have been stored so they can be played again, such as a song, video or voice message. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recording/#m1)

2) Recording is the act of storing sound or pictures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recording/#m2)

3) (school, science) Recording means writing down results, such as measurements in a table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recording/#m3)

4) It is the -ing form of «record»: "She is recording a song." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recording/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science, «recording results» means writing them clearly in a table or chart. In everyday life, recordings are videos, songs and voice notes; safety lessons warn about recording people without asking. Phrases: «a video recording», «a sound recording», «recording studio», «make a recording», «recording sheet».

### examples

- We listened to a recording of the class play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recording/#x1)
- The band went into a recording studio. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recording/#x2)
- Use the recording sheet to write down the temperatures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recording/#x3)
- She is recording a message for Grandma. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recording/#x4)
- Please ask before recording anyone on your phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recording/#x5)
- The police checked the camera recording. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recording/#x6)
- This is an old recording of a famous speech. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recording/#x7)
- In any other country of Europe some national means of recording them would have long ago been adopted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recording/#x8)

### note

Noun stress: re-COR-ding. Note «record» changes stress: a REC-ord (noun) but to re-CORD (verb). Countable when it is one item («two recordings»). Trap: in science, «recording» is not the same as «observing» – you observe, then you record.

### In the corpora

- [Some apps identify birds from their songs by matching sounds to recordings they learned from; they can guess the wrong bird.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/19-ai-in-one-ordinary-day/12/)
- [Many teachers suggest giving a new instrument at least a full term before deciding, and recording yourself shows your progress.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/3-practising-when-you-would-rather-not/15/)
- [The Grammy Awards are voted on by members of the Recording Academy, people who work in music, not by fans.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/12/)
- [Multitrack recording puts each part on its own track, so one singer can record many layers of harmony.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing/9/)
- [A demo is a rough first recording made to show the idea of a song; it does not need to sound perfect.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «recording» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recording/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.