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voice-over

Syllables: voice-·over/ˈvɔɪsəʊvə/US/ˈvɔɪsoʊvɚ/

voice-over noun: a production technique, in which pictures are accompanied by the voice of an unseen actor or reporter.

Noun

voice-over (plural voice-overs)

  1. A production technique, in which pictures are accompanied by the voice of an unseen actor or reporter.
  2. A voice-overed release, especially of foreign content.
  3. The voice audio track of such a broadcast.
    • Fogel, working with a script by the journalist Kerry Howley, follows Winner from the age of nine to the aftermath of her plea, and organizes the movie around voice-over reminiscences by Reality (the character is played by Emilia Jones). […] With Reality [Winner]’s voice-overs doing the bulk of the...2024 September 11, Richard Brody, ““Winner” Takes Political Comedy Seriously”, in The New Yorker, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2024

Verb

voice-over (third-person singular simple present voice-overs, present participle voice-overing, simple past and past participle voice-overed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To supply the voice audio track for (a broadcast).

voice-over meaning in Indonesian and Vietnamese

voice-over in Indonesian

voice-overed release
tindih suara

voice-over in Vietnamese

voice-overed release
lời thuyết minh

Forms of voice-over

Noun
pluralvoice-overs
alternative formvoiceover
Verb
third-person singular presentvoice-overs
present participlevoice-overing
past participlevoice-overed
pastvoice-overed

Origin of voice-over

From voice + over.

Words formed from voice-over

  • voice-over artist

Questions about voice-over

What does voice-over mean?
Voice-over means a production technique, in which pictures are accompanied by the voice of an unseen actor or reporter.
What is voice-over in Indonesian?
Voice-over in Indonesian is tindih suara. See Voice-over meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is voice-over?
Voice-over can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce voice-over?
Voice-over is pronounced /ˈvɔɪsoʊvɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of voice-over?
The plural of voice-over is voice-overs.

Words near voice-over in the dictionary

  1. voice-acted
  2. voice-acting
  3. voice-activated
  4. voice-acts
  5. voice-directed warehousing
  6. voice-over
  7. voice-overed
  8. voice-overing
  9. voice-overs
  10. voice-under
  11. voice-unders

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