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US /ɹɪˈkɔɹd/ UK /ɹɪˈkɔːd/ See IPA manual

verb

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Homographs: record¹ /ˈɹɛk.ɚd/ — noun

Pronunciation and word origins: Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Meanings

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verb
To store sound, video, or information so it can be used later.

They recorded our singing on a phone.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to store sound, video, or... tape

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Phrases (4)

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record a video
to capture moving images and sound on a device

Verb + noun
record music
to capture a musical performance as a digital or physical audio recording

Verb + noun
recorded history
the period of the past documented in writing

Adjective + noun
record a win
to achieve a victory, especially as one of a series in a competition

Verb + noun

Etymology

From Middle English recorden (“to repeat, to report”), borrowed from Old French recorder (“to get by heart”), from Latin recordārī (“remember, call to mind”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”).

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