recordverb [ T ]
uk/rɪˈkɔːd/us/rɪˈkɔːrd/record verb [ T ] (STORE ELECTRONICALLY)
A2 to store sounds or moving pictures using electronic equipment so that they can be heard or seen later:
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- She recorded her first CD at the age of 12.
- The robbery had been recorded on a concealed security camera.
- The microphone is used for recording sounds that are inaudible to the human ear.
- The group has gone to Los Angeles to record their new album.
- This camera records 1000 frames per second.
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Recording sounds and images
- analogue
- audiovisual
- bass 1
- chart
- cover
- distortion
- HD
- hi-res
- high def
- play sth back
- playback
- prerecord
- produce
- remaster
- remix
- sound
- sound check
- studio
- tape
- videotape
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record verb [ T ] (STORE INFORMATION)
B2 to keep information for the future, by writing it down or storing it on a computer:
C1 If a device records a measurement, it shows that measurement:
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- Travel agencies have recorded a falling-off in bookings this summer.
- This was the diary in which Gina recorded her innermost thoughts and secrets.
- The scientists have been recording levels of pollution in the area for the last 15 years.
- The role of the stenographer was to record the exchanges that took place in the courtroom.
- The rings in the trunk of the tree record the amount by which it grew each year.
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Writing & typing
- asterisk
- borrow
- chalk
- co-author
- compose
- copy
- creative writing
- enter
- fair sth out
- fire
- ghostwrite
- misspell
- orthography
- run
- scrawl
- transcription
- typing
- write
- write sth up
- written
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recordnoun
uk/ˈrek.ɔːd/us/ˈrek.ɚd/record noun (INFORMATION)
B2 [ C or U ] a piece of information or a description of an event that is written on paper or stored on a computer:
B2 [ C ] information about someone or something that is stored by the police or by a doctor:
C2 [ C ] the facts that are known about a person or a company and the actions they have done in the past:
something that you say before you tell someone something important that you want them to remember:
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- The judge took the defendant's clean record into account when passing sentence.
- It was one of the hottest Augusts on record.
- You've got a proven work record, which gives you a big advantage.
- We've put all our records on computer.
- We keep your records on file for five years.
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Pieces of writing
- acrostic
- caption
- creative writing
- doodle
- encomium
- excerpt
- fair
- fair copy
- fair sth out
- jottings
- manuscript
- microblog
- ms
- paragraph
- squiggle
- subheading
- text
- transcription
- typescript
- writing
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record noun (MUSIC)
B1 [ C ] a flat plastic disc on which music is recorded:
B1 [ C ] a song or music that has been recorded and is available for the public to buy:
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- Many of the Rolling Stones' records have become rock classics.
- Music companies have profited from the dominance of CDs over vinyl records.
- Within a few years of their introduction, CDs were outselling vinyl records.
- Their first record didn't even chart .
- The group have just signed with a new record label.
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Audio & video equipment
- audiocassette
- audiotape
- box set
- capstan
- cassette
- compact disc
- DAT
- Dolby
- DVR
- earbuds
- ghetto blaster
- gramophone
- hi-fi
- low-fi
- MD
- phonograph
- scratchy
- stylus
- tape
- Walkman
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record noun (BEST)
B1 [ C ] the best or fastest ever done:
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- Christie has clipped a tenth of a second off the record.
- It was her first crack at beating the record.
- Fitzgerald is keen to emulate Martin's record of three successive world titles.
- He failed in his attempt to break the record.
- His time for the 100 metres surpassed the previous world record by one hundredth of a second.
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Success and achievements
- a feather in your cap idiom
- a narrow squeak idiom
- a roaring success idiom
- accomplishment
- achievement
- boom
- dizzy
- escapade
- every dog has its day idiom
- feat
- feather
- fruition
- have sth under your belt idiom
- laugh
- perform/work miracles/a miracle idiom
- prospect
- quantum leap
- sellout
- success
- success story
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Idiom(s)
recordadjective
uk/ˈrek.ɔːd/us/ˈrek.ɚd/at a higher level than ever achieved before:
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Successful (things or people)
- a heavy hitter idiom
- achiever
- alive
- alpha male
- ascendant
- bang
- chart
- fly
- have sth in your pocket idiom
- have the world at your feet idiom
- healthy
- high-flyer
- high-flying
- lion
- ride
- thrive
- to have arrived idiom
- top-rated
- tried
- triumphant
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