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Definition of studio noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

studio

noun
 
/ˈstjuːdiəʊ/
 
/ˈstuːdiəʊ/
(plural studios)
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  1. a room where radio or television programmes are recorded and broadcast from, or where music is recorded
    • a television/recording studio
    • a studio audience (= one in a studio, that can be seen or heard as a programme is broadcast)
    • She has released eight studio albums.
    Extra Examples
    • I was doing a lot of studio work and remixing.
    • The album was recorded in his home studio.
    Topics TV, radio and newsb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • art
    • artist’s
    • design
    studio + noun
    • audience
    • executive
    • head
    preposition
    • in a/​the studio
    See full entry
  2. a place where films are made or produced
    • The tour guide is showing a group of tourists around a movie studio.
    • a film studio
    Topics Film and theatreb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • art
    • artist’s
    • design
    studio + noun
    • audience
    • executive
    • head
    preposition
    • in a/​the studio
    See full entry
  3. a company that makes films
    • She works for a major Hollywood studio.
    • a film/movie studio
    • a studio executive
    Topics Film and theatreb1
  4. a room where an artist works
    • I wanted to turn the room into an artist's studio.
    • a sculptor’s studio
    • He was hoping to convert the cellar into a photographic studio.
    Topics Houses and homesb1, Artb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • art
    • artist’s
    • design
    studio + noun
    • audience
    • executive
    • head
    preposition
    • in a/​the studio
    See full entry
  5. a place where dancing is taught or where dancers practise
    • a dance studio
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • art
    • artist’s
    • design
    studio + noun
    • audience
    • executive
    • head
    preposition
    • in a/​the studio
    See full entry
  6. (British English also studio flat)
    (North American English also studio apartment)
    a small flat with one main room for living and sleeping in and usually a kitchen and bathroom
  7. Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Italian, from Latin studium ‘painstaking application’.
See studio in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee studio in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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