Recorder
noun
A device that saves sounds or videos so you can play them back.
I used a recorder to tape the interview.
Often appears as...
- audio recorder
- video recorder
noun
A musical instrument that is like a wooden flute.
The children learned to play the recorder in their music class.
Often appears as...
- play the recorder
- learn the recorder
noun
A person who keeps an official record of things, like in a court.
The court recorder ensured every word spoken was documented.
Often appears as...
- court recorder
- recorder's office
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Formal
Academic
noun
A device that saves sounds or videos so you can play them back.
I used a recorder to tape the interview.
Often appears as...
- audio recorder
- video recorder
noun
A musical instrument that is like a wooden flute.
The children learned to play the recorder in their music class.
Often appears as...
- play the recorder
- learn the recorder
noun
A person who keeps an official record of things, like in a court.
The court recorder ensured every word spoken was documented.
Often appears as...
- court recorder
- recorder's office
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Playback Device
Refers to gadgets that can record and play audio or video, used in everyday technology.
The journalist carried a recorder to capture the interview.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Music
Doesn't mean a musical instrument in this context but a device for recording media.
She has a recorder for her vlogs but can't play the musical recorder.
Pro Tip 3/3Modern Usage
Often implies digital technology rather than older, analog recording methods.
He saves his lectures on a digital voice recorder.
Pro Tip 1/3Playback Device
Refers to gadgets that can record and play audio or video, used in everyday technology.
The journalist carried a recorder to capture the interview.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Music
Doesn't mean a musical instrument in this context but a device for recording media.
She has a recorder for her vlogs but can't play the musical recorder.
Pro Tip 3/3Modern Usage
Often implies digital technology rather than older, analog recording methods.
He saves his lectures on a digital voice recorder.
Pro Tip 1/3Playback Device
Refers to gadgets that can record and play audio or video, used in everyday technology.
The journalist carried a recorder to capture the interview.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for Music
Doesn't mean a musical instrument in this context but a device for recording media.
She has a recorder for her vlogs but can't play the musical recorder.
Pro Tip 3/3Modern Usage
Often implies digital technology rather than older, analog recording methods.
He saves his lectures on a digital voice recorder.
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Your elusive creative...
know that comes into his head as inspiration often comes elusive and tantalizing and he wants it you know it's gorgeous and and he longs for it but he has no way to get it he doesn't have a piece of paper he doesn't have a pencil he doesn't have a tape recorder so he starts to feel all that old anxiety start to rise in him like I'm gonna lose this thing you know I'm gonna be haunted by this song forever and I'm
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Your elusive creative...
that comes into his head as inspiration often comes, elusive and tantalizing, and he wants it, it's gorgeous, and he longs for it, but he has no way to get it. He doesn't have a piece of paper, or a pencil, or a tape recorder. So he starts to feel all of that old anxiety start to rise in him like, "I'm going to lose this thing, and I'll be be haunted by this song forever.
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Listening To Recorded...
we were able to produce some magic of our own a while a dance had been going on I had been recording the music on my tape recorder this of course was the object a great deal of curiosity I always paid the recording back and let the singers listen to themselves on a little earphone blank astonishment was
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Becoming an FBI...
He gave me this small recorder, and it went into a jockstrap. And he's like, yeah, just put it on over your underwear. You have to record everybody. There's no exceptions. I mean, he started going over rules. Can't leave the wire. No violent, none at all. Otherwise, the deal's off.
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Defend our freedom to...
that scarcity started to get eroded -- and I don't mean by digital technology; I mean by analog technology. Cassette tapes, video cassette recorders, even the humble Xerox machine created new opportunities for us to behave in ways that astonished the media business.
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Jorge Ramos: Why...
in the end, I have no guarantee, nor are any of us guaranteed that we'll know what's true and what's not true. Life is much more complicated, and I believe journalism should reflect that very complexity. To be I refuse to be a tape recorder.
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Ron McCallum: How...
and tape recorders became my sort of pre-computer medium of learning. I could have family and friends read me material, and I could then read it back as many times as I needed. And it brought me into contact with volunteers and helpers.
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What Mud From Glacial...
lakes contain layers of sediment that have accumulated in the bottom it's a bit like a tape recorder year by year what's gone on in the climate what the temperature was what the life-forms were around so it was proposed that to add to
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What In the World Is a...
other kind of primate but it is actually a member of the carnival recorder its closest relatives include the coati and the raccoon but whereas the raccoon ambles on the ground the kinkajou spends almost its entire life high up in the
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Documenting what life is...
Thrilled, I went out and bought a tape recorder so I could take verbal notes on score changes, player substitutions
Video examples
Your elusive creative...
know that comes into his head as inspiration often comes elusive and tantalizing and he wants it you know it's gorgeous and and he longs for it but he has no way to get it he doesn't have a piece of paper he doesn't have a pencil he doesn't have a tape recorder so he starts to feel all that old anxiety start to rise in him like I'm gonna lose this thing you know I'm gonna be haunted by this song forever and I'm
Video examples
Your elusive creative...
that comes into his head as inspiration often comes, elusive and tantalizing, and he wants it, it's gorgeous, and he longs for it, but he has no way to get it. He doesn't have a piece of paper, or a pencil, or a tape recorder. So he starts to feel all of that old anxiety start to rise in him like, "I'm going to lose this thing, and I'll be be haunted by this song forever.
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Listening To Recorded...
we were able to produce some magic of our own a while a dance had been going on I had been recording the music on my tape recorder this of course was the object a great deal of curiosity I always paid the recording back and let the singers listen to themselves on a little earphone blank astonishment was
Video examples
Becoming an FBI...
He gave me this small recorder, and it went into a jockstrap. And he's like, yeah, just put it on over your underwear. You have to record everybody. There's no exceptions. I mean, he started going over rules. Can't leave the wire. No violent, none at all. Otherwise, the deal's off.
Video examples
Defend our freedom to...
that scarcity started to get eroded -- and I don't mean by digital technology; I mean by analog technology. Cassette tapes, video cassette recorders, even the humble Xerox machine created new opportunities for us to behave in ways that astonished the media business.
Video examples
Jorge Ramos: Why...
in the end, I have no guarantee, nor are any of us guaranteed that we'll know what's true and what's not true. Life is much more complicated, and I believe journalism should reflect that very complexity. To be I refuse to be a tape recorder.
Video examples
Ron McCallum: How...
and tape recorders became my sort of pre-computer medium of learning. I could have family and friends read me material, and I could then read it back as many times as I needed. And it brought me into contact with volunteers and helpers.
Video examples
What Mud From Glacial...
lakes contain layers of sediment that have accumulated in the bottom it's a bit like a tape recorder year by year what's gone on in the climate what the temperature was what the life-forms were around so it was proposed that to add to
Video examples
What In the World Is a...
other kind of primate but it is actually a member of the carnival recorder its closest relatives include the coati and the raccoon but whereas the raccoon ambles on the ground the kinkajou spends almost its entire life high up in the
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Documenting what life is...
Thrilled, I went out and bought a tape recorder so I could take verbal notes on score changes, player substitutions
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Quote examples
Bruce Lipton
American Scientist
The first six years of a child's life, it is like a tape recorder is on. Everything it sees, smells, touches, experiences in any way, whatever it hears, is being downloaded into the brain before the consciousness of the child is even made apparent.
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Bruce Forsyth
English Entertainer
When I was a child, life felt so slow because all I wanted to do was get into show business. Each day seemed like a year, but when you get older, years pass like minutes. I wish there was a tape recorder where we could just slow our lives down.
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Leslie Odom, Jr.
American Actor
I think it was, my parents got me a karaoke machine when I was about 9 years old. Even before that, they got me a tape recorder that I used to walk around my life with. And there was something about recording and then hearing myself back.
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Ellie Goulding
English Musician
I played recorder in assembly, then I became passionate about the guitar, I don't know why. I started on electric then moved to acoustic - my brother was playing bass in the next room.
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Richard Elman
American Novelist
If you're famous and supposedly wise, it's always a good idea to have a tape recorder in the room. Never can tell when you might spew out a line or two worth printing somewhere.
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Virgil Abloh
American Designer
For me, just as a social recorder of 2016, there's a new girl that emerged that can shop in between Zara and designer and still maintain a sense of her personality and identity.
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Harland Williams
Canadian Actor
I used to do little sketches into my cassette tape recorder when I was a little boy. I would just turn it on and just start doing voices and characters. I just loved it.
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Ronald Kessler
American Journalist
When I was doing interviews at the FBI, my tape recorder battery died. They gave me a new one, and I said, 'Of course, this is bugged?
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Ludwig Goransson
Swedish Composer
I wanted to be the best guitar player in the world. And then my dad got me a portable recorder, so I started writing my own music.
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Dolly Parton
American Singer
I ain't never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder.
Quote examples
Bruce Lipton
American Scientist
The first six years of a child's life, it is like a tape recorder is on. Everything it sees, smells, touches, experiences in any way, whatever it hears, is being downloaded into the brain before the consciousness of the child is even made apparent.
Quote examples
Bruce Forsyth
English Entertainer
When I was a child, life felt so slow because all I wanted to do was get into show business. Each day seemed like a year, but when you get older, years pass like minutes. I wish there was a tape recorder where we could just slow our lives down.
Quote examples
Leslie Odom, Jr.
American Actor
I think it was, my parents got me a karaoke machine when I was about 9 years old. Even before that, they got me a tape recorder that I used to walk around my life with. And there was something about recording and then hearing myself back.
Quote examples
Ellie Goulding
English Musician
I played recorder in assembly, then I became passionate about the guitar, I don't know why. I started on electric then moved to acoustic - my brother was playing bass in the next room.
Quote examples
Richard Elman
American Novelist
If you're famous and supposedly wise, it's always a good idea to have a tape recorder in the room. Never can tell when you might spew out a line or two worth printing somewhere.
Quote examples
Virgil Abloh
American Designer
For me, just as a social recorder of 2016, there's a new girl that emerged that can shop in between Zara and designer and still maintain a sense of her personality and identity.
Quote examples
Harland Williams
Canadian Actor
I used to do little sketches into my cassette tape recorder when I was a little boy. I would just turn it on and just start doing voices and characters. I just loved it.
Quote examples
Ronald Kessler
American Journalist
When I was doing interviews at the FBI, my tape recorder battery died. They gave me a new one, and I said, 'Of course, this is bugged?
Quote examples
Ludwig Goransson
Swedish Composer
I wanted to be the best guitar player in the world. And then my dad got me a portable recorder, so I started writing my own music.
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Dolly Parton
American Singer
I ain't never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder.
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