audiotape

au·di·o·tape

(ô′dē-ō-tāp′)

1. A magnetic tape used to record sound for subsequent playback.

2. A tape recording of sound.

tr.v. au·di·o·taped, au·di·o·tap·ing, au·di·o·tapes

To record (sound) on magnetic tape: audiotaped the interview for replay on radio.

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audiotape

(ˈɔːdɪəʊteɪp) or

audio tape

magnetic tape used to record sound

vb (tr)

to make a sound recording of something

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au•di•o•tape

(ˈɔ di oʊˌteɪp)

n.

magnetic tape on which sound is recorded.

[1960–65]

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Noun	1.	audiotape - a tape recording of sound DAT, digital audiotape - a digital tape recording of sound audio recording, sound recording, audio - a recording of acoustic signals tape recording, taping, tape - a recording made on magnetic tape; "the several recordings were combined on a master tape"
	2.	audiotape - magnetic tape for use in recording sound mag tape, magnetic tape, tape - memory device consisting of a long thin plastic strip coated with iron oxide; used to record audio or video signals or to store computer information; "he took along a dozen tapes to record the interview"

Translations

audiotape

audio tape [ˈɔːdiəʊteɪp]

(= magnetic tape) → bande f audio inv

(US) (= cassette) → cassette f

vt (US) → enregistrer sur cassette
an audiotaped recording of family members' discussions → un enregistrement sur cassette des discussions entre des membres de la famille

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The journalist had visited Cheema's office in Sambrial tehsil on March 27 to inquire about taxes levied on shop owners in Begowala union council, according to an audiotape of his last telephonic conversation.

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Butt, a print journalist associated with a Lahore-based newspaper, had visited Cheema's office in Tehsil Sambrial on March 27 to inquire about taxes levied on shop owners in Union Council Begowala, according to an audiotape of his last telephonic conversation.

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(AP) JEDDAH: The Italian ambassador to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday said he doubted the veracity of an audiotape that alleges Italy refused to rescue 268 Syrian refugees who drowned when their boat capsized.

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The son of one of the founding fathers of the Islamic Republic has been taken into custody to serve a six-year prison sentence for releasing a decades-old audiotape in which his father denounced the mass executions of political prisoners in 1988.

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11, 1970, Dovie Beams, Ferdinand Marcos' alleged mistress, held a press conference where she played an audiotape of one of her alleged sexual encounters with the then president.