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

While that recording of 46-year-old Treadwell’s final moments may be gone, his presence and complex legacy endure, says Palovak, who ran his advocacy group Grizzly People and was friends with his girlfriend, Amie Huguenard, who was killed with him in the October 2003 attack. —Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025

Judge imposes bond restrictions A judge ordered Wright to stay away from the victim, Kohl's store, and not to possess any recording device while out on bond. —Larry Seward, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025

Modern recording engineers don’t have the ear tuned to the old sound. —David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025

The recordings, twenty-four of his best songs in a little more than an hour, were just his voice and guitar, Nelson at his most intimate and unguarded. —Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 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