recording

1 of 2

present participle of record entry 1

recording

2 of 2

noun

re·​cord·​ing ri-ˈkȯr-diŋ 

plural recordings

1

: the process of recording something

The recording took place at the studio.

a recording session

2

: something that has been recorded

a recording of measurement data

especially : a sequence of sounds or visual images stored in or played from a reproducible form

listening to early jazz recordings

watched a live recording of the concert

3

: something (such as a vinyl record or a digital file) on or in which a recording is stored : record entry 2 sense 4

organized the recordings by artist and genre

Examples of recording in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Other entries on the list include a pair of former elementary schools, the home of one of Nashville's earliest settlers and an iconic recording studio. —Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Dec. 2025

To chronicle their days, Searls’s characters use methods that the internet is gradually rendering obsolete—one friend starts a print-only blog, and another uses archival white pages to track down a shuttered recording studio. —The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025

Before the lunch break, Lucker testified about audio recordings from inside Dugan’s courtroom as well as surveillance video of Dugan interacting with federal agents. —John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 15 Dec. 2025

They were fired for taking a private recording of me without my consent and sending it off to ex-employees. —Marci Robin, Allure, 15 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1544, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing recording

• magnetic recording
• recording artist
• self-recording
• tape recording

Rhymes for recording

• according
• affording
• awarding
• keyboarding
• rewarding
• skateboarding
• snowboarding
• boarding
• cording
• fording
• hoarding
• warding

Kids Definition

recording

noun

re·​cord·​ing ri-ˈkȯrd-iŋ 

: record entry 2 sense 4