livestream

Also stream
Or live stream

[lahyv-streem]

verb (used with object)

1. Sometimes live-stream to transmit or receive (video of an event, especially with commentary) on the internet while the event is taking place.

   Players were livestreaming walk-throughs of the video game before its official release date.

noun

1. a video of an event, especially with commentary, distributed on the internet while the event is taking place.

   The livestream of the debate will be annotated by fact-checkers.

livestream

/ ˈlaɪvˌstriːm /

verb

1. to broadcast (an event) on the internet as it happens

noun

1. a live broadcast of an event on the internet

Word History and Origins

Origin of livestream¹

First recorded in 2010–15; live ² (in the sense “not taped, happening now”) + stream (in the sense “data flow”)

Example Sentences

He told a reporter that he went into the facility for training — he was going to livestream an ICE raid that weekend.

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I know firsthand how ravenous people were with that game’s release: I posted online that I’d worked on the game without any specifics and was very quickly targeted with abuse ranging from exaggerated transphobic caricatures to violent punishment-fantasy emails to disturbing content being spammed in my livestream chats.

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And a 24/7 livestream of the alligator plays on screens around the office, including at every elevator bank.

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Earlier this year the AI company announced it would sponsor alligator Claude, including footing the bill for enclosure maintenance and introducing the ClaudeCam livestream.

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“They’ll come into our elevators and inevitably someone just goes, ‘Why do you livestream an alligator?’”

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