Used in a Sentence

gramophone

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for gramophone.

Editorial note

You mean the Gramophone awards where they hand you a little mini gramophone statue.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(British, dated) A record player.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of gramophone gathered in one view.

noun

(British, dated) A record player.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for gramophone.

noun

(British, dated) A record player.

Example sentences

1

You mean the Gramophone awards where they hand you a little mini gramophone statue.

2

A quote to wrap up this rambling comment: The enemy is the gramophone mind, whether or not one agrees with the record that is being played at the moment.

3

According to his biography Steve Jobs spend years in a house with not much more than a mattress and gramophone as furniture.

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Pay particular attention to any repetitive thought patterns, those old gramophone records that have been playing in your head perhaps for many years.

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Prior to the invention of the gramophone, music was largely a participatory affair..

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Some of these, including one I had as a kid, produce sound through a small gramophone inside.

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The gramophone, and recorded music in general, did destroy the live performance.

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You can speak quietly to someone using a gramophone-like hearing aid.

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I wouldn't have guessed there was enough data left in the picture of the gramophone track to recreate audio from it.

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In the same way, the gramophone did not kill music.

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At some point we become the needle on the gramophone, rather than the record.

12

Remember when the gramophone destroyed the live performance?

Quote examples

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I could picture my father saying, "Let me connect my earphones to my gramophone so I don't disturb your grandmother."

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Or "The Machine Stops" (1909): > Those who still wanted to know what the earth was like had after all only to listen to some gramophone, or to look into some cinematophote.

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> "I wouldn't have guessed there was enough data left in the picture of the > gramophone track to recreate audio from it." Ah, well the thing is that the needle isn't straight, it has an angle i.e.

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"I wouldn't have guessed there was enough data left in the picture of the gramophone track to recreate audio from it." I'd bet it's almost the other way around..

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use gramophone in a sentence?

You mean the Gramophone awards where they hand you a little mini gramophone statue.

What does gramophone mean?

(British, dated) A record player.

What part of speech is gramophone?

gramophone is commonly used as noun.