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re-record

re-record verb: to record again.

Verb

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

  1. To record again.
  2. To revert to an earlier save state while recording a speedrun.
    • When making a tool-assisted speedrun, re-recording is inevitable if you want to attain a good time.

Noun

re-record (plural re-records)

  1. An instance of reverting to an earlier save state while recording a speedrun.
    • Gavin Ward's tool-assisted speedrun of Sonic 3 & Knuckles has no fewer than 160,027 re-records.

Forms of re-record

Verb
third-person singular presentre-records
present participlere-recording
past participlere-recorded
pastre-recorded
Noun
pluralre-records

Origin of re-record

From re- + record.

Questions about re-record

What does re-record mean?
Re-record means to record again.
What part of speech is re-record?
Re-record can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of re-record?
The past tense of re-record is re-recorded.

Words near re-record in the dictionary

  1. re-re-opening
  2. re-read
  3. re-reading
  4. re-reads
  5. re-recognition
  6. re-record
  7. re-recorded
  8. re-recording
  9. re-recordings
  10. re-records
  11. re-refine

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