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prerecorded

[ pree-ri-kawr-did ]

adjective

  1. recorded before being broadcast, played in an automated telephone call, made available online, etc.; not live:

    The final hour of the talk show was a prerecorded interview with the book’s author.

    The prerecorded phone messages were part of a campaign targeting younger voters.

  2. containing previously recorded information, as music, images, software, etc.: Compare blank ( def 5 ).

    By 1986, sales of prerecorded cassette tapes had surpassed those of LPs.



prerecorded

/ ˌpriːrɪˈkɔːdəd /

adjective

  1. having been recorded (on tape, video, etc) beforehand

    a pre-recorded message



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Word History and Origins

Origin of prerecorded1

First recorded in 1955–60; prerecord + -ed 2

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Example Sentences

In September of that same year, a prerecorded interview with Brown aired on Larry King Live.

He laid his abstract vocals atop a prerecorded tribal-synth soundtrack; the crowd ate it up.

The Conversation Carte Blanche panel show is not to be prerecorded as the other one was.

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