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studio

n. countable
B1 Intermediate Oxford US //ˈstudiˌoʊ// UK //stjˈuːdɪˌəʊ// stu·dio General-service

n. a room where an artist works, or a place where people record music and films. It can also mean a small apartment with only one main room.

n. a workspace for practitioners of the fine or performing arts; a facility designed for the production of audio-visual media. Also used to describe a small residential unit consisting of a single primary living space.


SIMPLE

The artist spends every morning in her sunlit studio.

CONTEXTUAL

The band spent three weeks in a professional studio to record their debut album.

COMPLEX

While the downtown studio is expensive, its proximity to the gallery district makes it an ideal location for an emerging painter to work and live.

Antonyms
Origin

From Italian studio (“room for study”), from Latin studium. Doublet of study and etude.

Usage

Often used as a modifier in compound nouns like 'studio apartment' or 'film studio'.

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