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over-record

over-record verb: to record excessively or too frequently.

Verb

over-record (third-person singular simple present over-records, present participle over-recording, simple past and past participle over-recorded)

  1. (also, transitive) To record excessively or too frequently.
  2. (intransitive) To record an excessive number of songs.
  3. (transitive) To erase by recording over the same portion of a cassette etc.

Noun

over-record (plural over-records)

  1. A portion of film that is erased by recording over it.
    • In an off-line editing session, an edit is often made longer than it will be in the final show. The following edit will usually erase the tail of such an edit. The erased portion of the edit is called an overrecord.1993, Steven E. Browne, Videotape Editing: A Postproduction Primer, page 280

Forms of over-record

Verb
third-person singular presentover-records
present participleover-recording
past participleover-recorded
pastover-recorded
alternative formoverrecord
Noun
pluralover-records

Questions about over-record

What does over-record mean?
Over-record means to record excessively or too frequently.
What part of speech is over-record?
Over-record can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of over-record?
The past tense of over-record is over-recorded.

Words near over-record in the dictionary

  1. over-pronating
  2. over-pronation
  3. over-rate
  4. over-rated
  5. over-reactive
  6. over-record
  7. over-recorded
  8. over-recording
  9. over-records
  10. over-recruit
  11. over-recruited

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