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video

[vid-ee-oh]

noun

  1. a program, movie, or other visual media product featuring moving images, with or without audio, that is recorded and saved digitally or on videocassette: She used her phone to record a video of her baby's first steps.

    Let's stay at home and watch a video.

    She used her phone to record a video of her baby's first steps.

    I spent all morning watching videos of cats online.

  2. Television.

    1. the elements of television, as in a program or script, pertaining to the transmission or reception of the image (audio ).

    2. the video part of a television broadcast.

  3. Informal.videotape.

  4. Informal.television.

    She is a star of stage and video.

  5. music video.



adjective

  1. of or relating to the electronic apparatus for producing the television picture.

    video amplifier.

  2. of or relating to television, especially the visual elements.

  3. of or relating to videocassettes, VCRs, music videos, etc..

    a video shop.

  4. pertaining to or employed in the transmission or reception of television pictures.

video

/ ˈɪɪˌəʊ /

adjective

  1. relating to or employed in the transmission or reception of a televised image

  2. of, concerned with, or operating at video frequencies

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the visual elements of a television broadcast

  2. a film recorded on a video cassette

  3. short for video cassette video cassette recorder

  4. an informal name for television

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to record (a television programme, etc) on a video cassette recorder

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of video1

First recorded in 1930–35; from Latin ŧ() “to see” + -o, as in audio
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Word History and Origins

Origin of video1

C20: from Latin ŧ to see, on the model of audio
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It is perhaps not so surprising that a video game created by two veteran voice actors opens with the main character at risk of losing their job to AI.

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And, according to a video the performer later posted to social media, she did so against the wishes of the Dodgers organization.

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On video captured by a security camera at the scene, the agents pull up at the open gate in a white SUV and three agents exit the car.

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“Look at all the foreign flags,” Miller said on X as he shared a video of a crowd of protesters, some waving Mexican flags.

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She said she also spotted a video crew and someone she believed to be Dr. Phil McGraw — the TV personality — sitting in an SUV.

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