audiotape

noun

au·​dio·​tape ˈȯ-dē-ō-ˌtāp How to pronounce audiotape (audio)
: a tape recording of sound

Examples of audiotape in a Sentence

The program was recorded on audiotape.
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The committee sued Garland in July in the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, escalating the fight over the audiotapes of Hur's interview with the president and the ghostwriter of his book, Mark Zwonitzer. Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2024 The audiotape released in 2016 in which Trump discussed groping women and the Hunter Biden laptop story in 2020 are its most recent examples. Robert B. Mitchell / Made By History, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024 Smyth told the cops that Erik had confessed to the killings in therapy and that there were audiotape recordings of it. Megan McCluskey, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024 Bin Laden himself became known only as a disembodied voice in an audiotape or a grainy image on the occasional video. Richard A. Falkenrath, Foreign Affairs, 5 May 2011 See all Example Sentences for audiotape 

Word History

Etymology

audio- + tape entry 1

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of audiotape was in 1951

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“Audiotape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/audiotape. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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audiotape

noun
au·​dio·​tape ˈȯd-ē-ō-ˌtāp How to pronounce audiotape (audio)
: a tape recording of sound

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