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on-camera
[ on-kam-er-uh, -kam-ruh, awn- ]
adjective
- within the range of a motion-picture or television camera; while being filmed or televised:
on-camera blunders; The assassination happened on-camera.
Word History and Origins
Origin of on-camera1
Idioms and Phrases
Being filmed, as in When the talk-show host began, I wasn't sure if we were on camera . This usage dates from the first half of the 1900s, soon after the birth of motion-picture and television filming. The same is true of the antonym off camera , meaning “outside the view of a movie or TV camera,” as in Go ahead and scratch—we're off camera now .Example Sentences
Open-carry activists are known for baiting cops into on-camera arguments about the Second Amendment and state laws.
The procedure was captured on-camera and released by the human rights organization, Reprieve.
Scotland has terrible weather—always good as dramatic background for on-camera live reports.
During his on-camera appearances on Monday, Mohyeldin was wearing all black as a silent protest of the verdict.
MacKenzie said asking friends and a spouse about an on-camera talent is perfectly reasonable.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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