/ ˈstjuːdiəʊ; NAmE ˈstuːdioʊ/ noun ( pl. -os )
1.
a room where radio or television programmes are recorded and broadcast from, or where music is recorded :
a television studio
a studio audience (= one in a studio, that can be seen or heard as a programme is broadcast)
a recording studio
2.
a place where films / movies are made or produced
3.
a company that makes films / movies :
She works for a major Hollywood studio.
a studio executive
4.
a room where an artist works :
a sculptor's studio
5.
a place where dancing is taught or where dancers practise :
a dance studio
6.
( BrE also ˈstudio flat ) ( NAmE also ˈstudio apartment ) a small flat / apartment with one main room for living and sleeping in and usually a kitchen and bathroom
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WORD ORIGIN
early 19th cent.: from Italian , from Latin studium painstaking application.