video
Americannoun
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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.
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Television.
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the elements of television, as in a program or script, pertaining to the transmission or reception of the image (audio ).
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the video part of a television broadcast.
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Informal. videotape.
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Informal. television.
She is a star of stage and video.
adjective
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of or relating to the electronic apparatus for producing the television picture.
video amplifier.
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of or relating to television, especially the visual elements.
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of or relating to videocassettes, VCRs, music videos, etc..
a video shop.
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pertaining to or employed in the transmission or reception of television pictures.
adjective
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relating to or employed in the transmission or reception of a televised image
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of, concerned with, or operating at video frequencies
noun
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the visual elements of a television broadcast
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a film recorded on a video cassette
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short for video cassette video cassette recorder
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an informal name for television
verb
Etymology
Origin of video
First recorded in 1930–35; from Latin vidē(re) “to see” + -o, as in audio
Example Sentences
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“What a Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem” runs six weeks through March 20 and spans more than 120 years of moving images, from early silent cinema to contemporary video art.
From Los Angeles Times
According to video of the incident released by the department, the deputies went into the house where Cervantes was seated on the couch.
From Los Angeles Times
The runaway success of the Switch 2 console drove up Nintendo's net profit by more than 50 percent in the nine months to December, the Japanese video game giant said Tuesday.
From Barron's
He said “the actual evidence was dismissed or ignored” by most reporting, including “mountains” of “emails, text messages and video evidence that flatly contradict” the claims.
From Los Angeles Times
They flew throughout the morning and early afternoon, taking pictures and video of the eruption that went on and on.
From Literature
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