voice-overn.
/ˈvɔɪsˌəʊvə/, U.S. /ˈvɔɪsˌoʊvər/ Film, Television, and Sound Recording.
1. A narration or commentary by an unseen speaker in a film or television broadcast. Also: a narration or commentary (over music, for an advertisement, etc.) in a radio broadcast or sound recording.
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society > communication > broadcasting > television > [noun] > background voice of narrator
narration1933
voice-over1947
talk-over1976
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > [noun] > sound track > narration
voice-over1947
1947 H. C. Gipson Films in Business & Industry 284 Voice-over, narration-type recording as opposed to live sound.
1956 Q. Film, Radio & Television 10 383 [They] have become quite skilled as ‘voice over’ narrators, reading commentaries to silent footage or to films prepared originally in another language.
1964 Punch 21 Oct. 594/1 How would you like to do some voice-overs?
1974 K. Millett Flying ii. 225 What I'm trying to do is to supply the voiceover for the pictures I make.
1992 Looks July 41/3 The celebrities who're doing radio voice-overs or appearing in the ads.
2004 D. F. Wallace Oblivion 327 Finding just the right host for the segments' intros and voiceovers was an immense headache.
2. A person who provides such a narration or commentary.
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society > communication > broadcasting > broadcaster > [noun] > types of
co-host1908
announcer1922
newsreader1925
race-reader1926
newscaster1930
sportscaster1930
quizzee1933
school broadcaster1937
commentator1938
racecaster1938
sportcaster1938
femcee1940
record jockey1940
disc jockey1941
narrator1941
deejay1946
colourman1947
anchorman1948
host1948
jock1952
speakerine1957
presenter1959
linkman1960
anchorwoman1961
rock jock1961
anchor1962
jockey1963
voice-over1966
anchorperson1971
outside broadcaster1971
news anchor1975
talk-master1975
satcaster1982
society > communication > broadcasting > television > [noun] > broadcaster on television
televisor1929
telecaster1932
veejay1965
voice-over1966
talking head1968
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > actors or characters > [noun] > other actors
lens louse1928
stand-in1929
baddie1934
goody1934
narrator1941
voice actor1958
playback singer1963
voice-over1966
voice actress1974
body double1981
1966 G. N. Leech Eng. in Advertising iv. 37 In the scripts, the speaker of commentaries is variously designated ‘commentator’, ‘announcer’ and ‘voice over’.
1983 Daily Tel. 18 Aug. 13/1 The minister gives up the cloth and takes off..to earn modest fame as a voice-over for TV commercials.
2001 J. Hamilton-Paterson Loving Monsters (2002) vii. 132 A decaying hipster of fifty who kept up an unwitty patter about the famous pop stars and voice-overs who had recently been in his studio.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
voice-overv.
/ˈvɔɪsˌəʊvə/, U.S. /ˈvɔɪsˌoʊvər/ Film, Television, and Sound Recording.
transitive. To provide with or as a voice-over.
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society > communication > broadcasting > broadcaster > [verb (transitive)]
front1978
commentate1979
voice-over1983
1983 J. P. Coursodon & P. Sauvage Amer. Directors II. 220 Her faltering rail-aided steps are voice-overed by a mixed track of pep talks by her coaxing by-her-side doctor.
1992 M. Worth in G. Oldham First Cut xviii. 311 Son Thomas would stare directly at you into the camera, voiceovering his thoughts, and then without a cut, he suddenly would begin speaking directly to you in sync.
1996 Boston Globe (Nexis) 21 Aug. a23 Craft some artful TV spots. Say, a narrator..voice-overing some video of Ted Kennedy on the Senate floor.
2004 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 16 Sept. 19 As a cast of three pratfall their way through a grotesque cabaret, it's as if a silent movie had been voice-overed by Jerry Sadowitz.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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