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1. A signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded
    
2. The act of making a record (especially an audio record)
   "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth"
   - transcription
    
3. A storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded

1. Make a record of; set down in permanent form
   - enter, put down
    
2. Register electronically
   "They recorded her singing"
   - tape
    
3. Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
   - read, register, show
    
4. Be aware of
   "Did you record any change when I pressed the button?"
   - register
    
5. Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event
   "This sculpture records the victims of the concentration camps"
   - commemorate, memorialize, memorialise [Brit], immortalize, immortalise [Brit]

Derived forms: recordings

See also: recorder

Type of: creating from raw materials, indicate, memory device, preserve, remind, save, sign, signal, signaling [US], signalling, storage device

Antonym: erase

Encyclopedia: Record