"audio description" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: audio descriptions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} audio description (countable and uncountable, plural audio descriptions)
  1. An audio track on a video recording, timed to the footage of a film, that typically consists of a narrator describing what is happening in the film being shown. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Film, Television Synonyms: AD, video description, audiodescription, audio-description Derived forms: AD Related terms: described audio, ST, subtitle, subtitling, CC, closed caption, closed captioning Translations (Translations): audiodescriptie [feminine] (Dutch), kuvailutulkkaus (Finnish), vidéodescription [feminine] (French), audiodescription [feminine] (French), audiodescrizione [feminine] (Italian), audiodeskrypcja [feminine] (Polish), audiodescrição [feminine] (Portuguese), audiodescripción [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-audio_description-en-noun-8Pd7Gb1K Disambiguation of Film: 96 4 Disambiguation of Television: 85 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 95 5
  2. The process of making such tracks. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-audio_description-en-noun-RYfeNZZ5

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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