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video call

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[ vid-ee-oh kawl ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of communicating with one or more people using a smartphone, mobile device, webcam, etc., to transmit and receive both audio and video.


verb (used with or without object)

  1. to communicate with (one or more people) by using a smartphone, computer, etc., to transmit and receive audio and video: Employees working remotely are expected to videocall into the department meetings with the collaboration app.

    It would be nice if the grandkids lived closer, but at least we video call each other pretty often.

    Employees working remotely are expected to videocall into the department meetings with the collaboration app.

video call

noun

  1. a call made via a mobile phone with a camera and a screen, allowing the participants to see each other as they talk
“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 video call1

First recorded in 1970–75
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“David coined this phrase, ‘normalizing the marginalized,’” Jessica explains when we chat on a video call in April, sitting next to David in their Southern California home.

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"I immediately knew what the impact was," Nichols, a Boston University associate professor of global health and infectious disease mathematical modeller, told Salon in a video call.

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"Even with AI helping, there's no way you can stare at the numbers that are on these sites, and not be moved and not be concerned," he said in a video call.

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“Normally he would video call, but this was a normal call,” Romanelli said.

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That’s what Gaza residents sheltering in this besieged Catholic parish called the time — usually 8 p.m. local time, 7 p.m. in Rome — when Pope Francis would video call Father Gabriel Romanelli, the pastor of the Holy Family Church in Gaza City.

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