recorded

1. 1
   past actionverb

   Simple past tense and past participle of record, used in verb forms such as "she recorded a song" or "the vote has been recorded."

   The engineer recorded the interview using two microphones.

   Every transaction was recorded in the ledger before closing.

2. 2
   stored (not live)adjective

   Captured and fixed into a lasting medium, such as a book, compact disc, or videotape, so it can be kept or played back.

   Students reviewed the recorded lecture the night before their exam.

   The judge asked the clerk to read back the recorded testimony.

   UsageUsually before its noun (recorded music, a recorded message), often as the opposite of live.

   Similarfilmed

   Oppositelive, unrecorded

   Note

   After a verb, the line from the past-participle form blurs. In the speech was recorded, context decides whether it names a state or an action.

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