video call

American  

[vid-ee-oh kawl] / ˈvɪd iˌoʊ ˌkɔl /

Also video chat or videocall

noun

video calls plural

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.

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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 British  

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• video calls
  plural

Etymology

Origin of video call

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

video call

In an emergency video call with hundreds of cyber-security professionals, the firm described how the AI worked at superhuman speed but also made strange decisions and mistakes that no human hacker would have made.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

The office’s soccer hype content is a social-media disaster, nobody can see David Beckham on a video call and staffers make the unfortunate decision to dye their hair Megan Rapinoe pink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

He realized he needed a video verification, meaning he had to get on a video call with an ID.me representative to show that he was who he said he was.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

In a video call with reporters Wednesday, Kent made it clear that his heart belongs not to San Francisco or L.A., but to Austin, Texas, where he lives on a ranch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

Akiko Fuji tapped her computer to make a video call.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown