noun / verb · academic
tape
/teɪp/TAPE
a long thin piece of magnetic material used for recording sound or video; to record audio or video
Examples
“We analysed the tape recording of the focus group for recurring themes.”
“Field interviews were taped and later transcribed for analysis.”
“Archival tapes from the 1980s document early policy debates.”
Band 8 sentence
“The archival tape provided a rare primary-source record of the interview, which was crucial for the longitudinal study.”
Collocations
- audio tape
- tape recording
- archival tape
Word family
Common mistakes
I listened to tape of the interview.→I listened to the tape of the interview.
They tape the lectures last year.→They taped the lectures last year.
Say it for a higher band
5record→6audio recording→7+tape
Synonyms
record
Easily confused
record
“Researchers recorded participants' responses using both audio and video devices.”
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