footage

[foot-ij]

noun

1. length or extent in feet.

   the footage of lumber.

2. 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.

3. Mining.

   1. payment by the running foot of work done.

   2. the amount so paid.

footage

/ ˈfʊtɪdʒ /

noun

1. a length or distance measured in feet

2. 1. the extent of film material shot and exposed

   2. the sequences of filmed material

3. 1. payment, by the linear foot of work done

   2. the amount paid

Other Word Forms

• underfootage noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of footage¹

First recorded in 1890–95; foot + -age

Example Sentences

Proctor alleged Glenn reached for his partner’s gun, but footage from the scene appeared to contradict that claim.

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For the first time, photographs and video footage now reveal the animal alive in its native mountain habitat.

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Video footage shows Rivas and others berating the officers for complicity in what they called a “kidnapping.”

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But the president’s patience finally ran out, officials said, after concluding Putin was dragging him along and after continuing to see footage of Russian strikes in Ukraine.

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The footage showed rescue workers inspecting the burnt out remnants of a vehicle and covering a nearby badly-mangled body of a child with a white sheet.

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Related Words

• cinema 
• flick 
• motion picture 
• picture 
• show