prerecorded

[ pree-ri-kawr-did ]

adjective

1. recorded before being broadcast, played in an automated telephone call, made available online, etc.; not live:

   The final hour of the talk show was a prerecorded interview with the book’s author.

   The prerecorded phone messages were part of a campaign targeting younger voters.

2. containing previously recorded information, as music, images, software, etc.: Compare blank ( def 5 ).

   By 1986, sales of prerecorded cassette tapes had surpassed those of LPs.

prerecorded

/ ˌpriːrɪˈkɔːdəd /

adjective

1. having been recorded (on tape, video, etc) beforehand

   a pre-recorded message

Word History and Origins

Origin of prerecorded¹

First recorded in 1955–60; prerecord + -ed ²

Example Sentences

During the Summer Jam performance, DaBaby played a prerecorded video that featured a non-apology, thanking Hot 97 for being “willing to stick their neck out on the line” and not drop him.

From The Daily Beast

If you buy a prerecorded cassette of your favorite artist, you’ll notice there are two holes in the top of your cassette.

From Popular-Science

In a prerecorded virtual forum that offered little opportunity for the sometimes heated exchanges of past debates, McAuliffe continued to mostly ignore his rivals in the June 8 primary election.

From Washington Post

As a result, her daughter didn’t have a teacher last week and was left with prerecorded lessons and assignments.

From Washington Post

They can also use the keyboard to type out questions or click on one of the icons along the bottom of the screen to hear a prerecorded question answered in real time by Santa.

From Washington Post

In September of that same year, a prerecorded interview with Brown aired on Larry King Live.

From The Daily Beast

He laid his abstract vocals atop a prerecorded tribal-synth soundtrack; the crowd ate it up.

From The Daily Beast

The Conversation Carte Blanche panel show is not to be prerecorded as the other one was.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• televised