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audio commentary

audio commentary noun: an audio track on a video recording, timed to the footage of a film, that typically consists of one or more people commenting about the film being shown.

Noun

audio commentary (countable and uncountable, plural audio commentaries)

  1. An audio track on a video recording, timed to the footage of a film, that typically consists of one or more people commenting about the film being shown.
    • According to the audio commentary on “Treehouse of Horror III”, some of the creative folks at The Simpsons were concerned that the “Treehouse of Horror” franchise had outworn its welcome and was rapidly running out of classic horror or science-fiction fodder to spoof.2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Forms of audio commentary

pluralaudio commentaries

Questions about audio commentary

What does audio commentary mean?
Audio commentary means an audio track on a video recording, timed to the footage of a film, that typically consists of one or more people commenting about the film being shown.
What part of speech is audio commentary?
Audio commentary is a noun.
What is the plural of audio commentary?
The plural of audio commentary is audio commentaries.

Words near audio commentary in the dictionary

  1. audio clip
  2. audio clips
  3. audio coil
  4. audio coils
  5. audio commentaries
  6. audio commentary
  7. audio description
  8. audio descriptions
  9. audio DVD
  10. audio DVDs
  11. audio engineer

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