recorded

re·cord  (r-kôrd)

v. re·cord·ed, re·cord·ing, re·cords

v.tr.

1. To set down for preservation in writing or other permanent form.

2. To register or indicate: The clerk recorded the votes.

3.

a. To register (sound or images) in permanent form by mechanical or electrical means for reproduction.

b. To register the words, sound, appearance, or performance of by such means: recorded the oldest townspeople on tape; recorded the violin concerto.

v.intr.

To record something.

n. rec·ord (rkrd)

1.

a. An account, as of information or facts, set down especially in writing as a means of preserving knowledge.

b. Something on which such an account is based.

c. Something that records: a fossil record.

2. Information or data on a particular subject collected and preserved: the coldest day on record.

3. The known history of performance, activities, or achievement: your academic record; hampered by a police record.

4. An unsurpassed measurement: a world record in weightlifting; a record for cold weather.

5. Computer Science A collection of related, often adjacent items of data, treated as a unit.

6. Law

a. An account officially written and preserved as evidence or testimony.

b. An account of judicial or legislative proceedings written and preserved as evidence.

c. The documents or volumes containing such evidence.

7.

a. A disk designed to be played on a phonograph.

b. Something, such as magnetic tape, on which sound or visual images have been recorded.

Idioms:

go on record

To embrace a certain position publicly: go on record in favor of the mayor's reelection.

off the record

Not for publication: The senator told the reporters that his remarks were strictly off the record.

on record

Known to have been stated or to have taken a certain position: The senator's opposition to the new legislation is on record.

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[Middle English recorden, from Old French recorder, from Latin recordr, to remember : re-, re- + cor, cord-, heart; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]

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In artillery and naval gunfire support, the response used to indicate that the action taken to "record as target" has been completed.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	recorded - set down or registered in a permanent form especially on film or tape for reproduction; "recorded music" live, unrecorded - actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing; "a live television program"; "brought to you live from Lincoln Center"; "live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience"
	2.	recorded - (of securities) having the owner's name entered in a register; "recorded holders of a stock" registered - listed or recorded officially; "record is made of `registered mail' at each point on its route to assure safe delivery"; "registered bonds"

Translations

recorded [rɪˈkɔːdɪd] ADJ

1. [music, programme] → grabado

2. [history] → escrito, documentado
it is a recorded fact that → hay constancia de que ...
recorded delivery (Brit) (Post) → servicio m de entrega con acuse de recibo

recorded

adj

music, programme → aufgezeichnet; a recorded programme (Brit) or program (US) → eine Aufzeichnung; recorded message → Ansage f, → Bandansage f

fact, occurrence → schriftlich belegt; crime → angezeigt, gemeldet; in all recorded history → seit unserer Geschichtsschreibung