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 →

2) Recording is the act of storing sound or pictures. tree →

3) (school, science) Recording means writing down results, such as measurements in a table. tree →

4) It is the -ing form of «record»: "She is recording a song." tree →

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 →
• The band went into a recording studio. tree →
• Use the recording sheet to write down the temperatures. tree →
• She is recording a message for Grandma. tree →
• Please ask before recording anyone on your phone. tree →
• The police checked the camera recording. tree →
• This is an old recording of a famous speech. tree →
• In any other country of Europe some national means of recording them would have long ago been adopted. tree →

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.
• Many teachers suggest giving a new instrument at least a full term before deciding, and recording yourself shows your progress.
• The Grammy Awards are voted on by members of the Recording Academy, people who work in music, not by fans.
• Multitrack recording puts each part on its own track, so one singer can record many layers of harmony.
• A demo is a rough first recording made to show the idea of a song; it does not need to sound perfect.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «recording» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.