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Soundtrack
//ˈsaʊndˌtɹæk// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures.
- 2 sound recording on a narrow strip of a motion picture film wordnet
- 3 The sound (especially the music) component of a movie, video game, etc.
- 4 A recording of such music for sale.
- 5 A background sound that is part of a larger event.
"There was a startling lack of creativity and if Van Gaal had listened closely he would have made out the mocking chants from the away end, as the visiting fans embarked on the repertoire of songs that formed the soundtrack to David Moyes’s time in the job."
Verb
- 1 To provide, or to act as, the sound or music component of a film. transitive
"The world, in turn, watched, clicked, cried, danced, sang along, swooned, caravanned to stadiums and movie theaters, let her work soundtrack their lives."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From sound + track.
Etymology 2
From sound + track.
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