tape-recordv.
transitive. To record (sounds, etc.) on magnetic tape by means of a tape recorder.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > make recording [verb (transitive)]
phonograph1878
gramophone1908
press1918
to put on wax1932
wax1935
cut1937
tape1950
tape-record1950
audiotape1961
to lay down1967
over-record1977
1950 Aviation Week 6 Mar. 35 (heading) Plane-tower talk tape-recorded.
1955 E. Warner Trial by Sasswood ix. 177 As though your thoughts..had been tape-recorded and played back to you.
1967 A. Henri in Penguin Mod. Poets X. 25 I sit here..trying to taperecord the sound of windflowers and celandines.
1978 N. J. Crisp London Deal vii. 110 Could we tape record this?
Derivatives
ˈtape-recorded adj.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > [adjective] > recorded by specific system
taped1892
phonographed1897
acoustic1926
acoustical1926
stereophonic1927
monaural1931
multitracked1931
binaural1933
multitrack1935
tape-recorded1951
telediphoned1952
stereo1954
multi-taped1955
monophonic1958
pretaped1958
mono1960
audiotaped1962
multichannel1962
quarter-track1962
Dolby1966
quadraphonic1968
tetraphonic1969
periphonic1970
quad1970
quadrasonic1970
Dolbyized1971
QS1972
Dolbyed1973
premix1977
quadro1977
1951 Time 25 June 23/2 Testimony continued—part of it played scratchily from long, tape-recorded interviews with addicts.
1973 S. Trueman Fascinating New Brunswick xvi. 125 Her tape-recorded folksongs have left a priceless heritage to New Brunswick.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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