recorder

CEFRA2

/ɹiˈkɔː.də/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A device that stores sound, images, or other information.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A judge in a municipal court.

Examples

  • I paid 40,000 yen for this tape recorder.

  • The tape recorder is a useful aid to teaching.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Agent noun of record; one who records.

  2. An apparatus for recording; a device which records.

  3. A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.

More examples

In context

  • Bob and Mary play the recorder.

  • Recorders are made in various sizes, from the high soprano or descant recorder to the low bass recorder.

  • A smartphone is not the best camera, notebook, word processor, audio recorder, radio, MP3 player, map reader, pedometer and so on, but it is good enough replace numerous separate devices for most people most of the time.

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The teacher used a small video blank to capture the students' presentations.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English recordour, borrowed from Old French recordour, from Old French recordeor, from Medieval Latin recordātor, from Latin recordor (“call to mind, remember, recollect”), from re- (“back, again”) + cor (“heart; mind”). By surface analysis, record + -er.