vide
Americanverb
Usage
What does vide mean? Vide is a Latin term meaning “see” or “refer to.” It’s 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 can be abbreviated as v., vid. and vid (without a period). Unrelatedly, the word vide appears in the French-derived term sous vide, which is a cooking technique involving a vacuum-sealed plastic pouch. In sous vide, the word vide translates as “vacuum.”Example: Additional information can be found in the preceding chapters (vide pp. 44–48).
Etymology
Origin of vide
C16: from Latin
Example Sentences
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At Ginger & Scallion, the chicken is Northwest-sourced from Draper Valley Farms and cooked sous vide, which precisely serves the cause of cooking correctness.
From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024
I am a high school student on the track team who tutors elementary school students in math and I am learning to cook sous vide by watching YouTube videos.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2023
After a couple of years, somebody sent me this very highfalutin, beautiful, expensive sous vide machine and I thought, “You know what? I don’t like sous vide meat.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2023
Mark Evans, executive vide president of ad sales for Fox Sports, said a few ads went for more than $7 million for a 30-second spot.
From Washington Times • Feb. 6, 2023
Our unifying topics, number and probability, do, however, pro vide the basis for statistics, which, together with logic, constitutes the foundation of the scientific method, which will eventually sort matters out if anything can.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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