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footage

[ foot-ij ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

length or extent in feet:
the footage of lumber.
a portion of raw video recorded for subsequent editing and use in one or more video clips or packages, broadcasts, or movies: raw footage that ended up on the cutting room floor.
newsreel footage;
raw footage that ended up on the cutting room floor.
Mining.
1. payment by the running foot of work done.
2. the amount so paid.

footage

/ ˈfʊtɪdʒ /

a length or distance measured in feet
1. the extent of film material shot and exposed
2. the sequences of filmed material
1. payment, by the linear foot of work done
2. the amount paid

Origin of footage¹

First recorded in 1890–95; foot + -age

He frets about how identifiable he is in the grainy footage.

He appears only normal, even in video footage from just two minutes before the shooting.

Some of the video was crystal clear, but in other footage the figures were just fuzzy shadows in black and white.

Other footage shows him fleeing, keeping to a quick walk, jogging briefly, then walking again as he heads for a subway station.

They were found guilty of practicing habitual debauchery and inciting others to sexual deviance because of the footage.

It gives the "total footage" for the month, special reference being made to "cross-cutting, winzing and sinking."

This was a familiar task, the same thing I'd done with all the footage and accounts from the riots in the park.

I cut back to Carrie Johnstone, the footage of her sitting at the board table with Rooney, laughing.

It gives the "total footage" for the month, special reference being made to "cross-cutting, winzing, and sinking."

It was just a question of accounting for the extra square footage of house.

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