vid.
abbreviation
vide.
vid.
Americanabbreviation
vid
British
/ vɪd /
noun
Usage
What does vid. mean? The abbreviation vid. (with a period) is a shortening of the word vide, a Latin term meaning “see” or “refer to.” Vide is used in texts to direct a reader to a specific place elsewhere in the text or in another text. Vide is used in phrases like vide ante (meaning “see before”), vide infra (“see below”), vide post (“see after”), vide supra (see above), vide ut supra (“see as above”), and quod vide, which indicates a cross reference. Vide is also sometimes abbreviated as v. and vid without the period. The word vid without a period is more often used as a short version of the word video. Example: Additional information can be found in the preceding chapters (vid. pp. 44–48).
Example Sentences
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“I can tell you that we pulled surveillance vid. . . ”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2019
He was chosen or nominated before, by King Ethelred and his council, at Amesbury: vid. an.
From The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle by J. H. (James Henry) Ingram
I receaved the formentioned day from him 200 mks., out of which I payed: Imprimis, to the Janitor for 4 books, vid., the English laws, Polidorus Virgilius, Zosimus and aliorum Historiae, and Vimesius Theses, etc.,
From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Lord John Lauder Fountainhall
The sense is quite plain if we remember that soldiers degraded on account of misconduct were made "pioners": vid. commentators on Othello, iii.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
M. Auzout's Objections to a part of it; vid. the new way of grinding Spherical Glasses by a Turn-lath, 4.
From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Henry Oldenburg
“I meant die; I’m dying, I love this vid so much! I meant slay but I forgot the word.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
“Some may scoff at the vid of profits but some, like me, may see this and decide to change their life as I did by just knowing it’s possible,” he added.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
My mate just sent me this vid of the queues in Bolton for a vaccination.
From BBC ● May 17, 2021
The “I Feel Pretty” star captioned the post, “Emmy loss. The vid we made in case we won.”
From Fox News ● Sep. 21, 2020
“Ya, ya, live vid men. In shed; rabbits live in box in shed. Men pring food. You know?”
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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