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recorded

adjective

Simple meaning

That has been fixed into a physical medium.

Pronunciation

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ɹəˈkɔɹdəd

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Definition

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adjective

  1. That has been fixed into a physical medium (for example, a book, compact disc or videotape).

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A2 · Elementary
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Varies by meaning

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: That has been fixed into a physical medium (for example, a book, compact disc or videotape).

Used this way, recorded is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
No strong connotation
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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  • “We recorded all the family's holiday memories on video.”adjective

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Common Patterns and Combinations

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recorded historyever recorded

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Word Family

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Inflected forms

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  • recordnounBase word

    Anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • recordernounPerson or profession · specialist

    Equipment for making records.

Related words

Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.

  • recordingnounRelated term

    A signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded.

  • recording studionounRelated term

    Studio where tapes and records are recorded.

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Antonyms

Sense: that has been fixed into a physical medium (for example

unrecorded

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