video
Americannoun
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videos
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a program, movie, or other visual media product featuring moving images, with or without audio, that is recorded and saved digitally or on videocassette: She used her phone to record a video of her baby's first steps.
Let's stay at home and watch a video.
She used her phone to record a video of her baby's first steps.
I spent all morning watching videos of cats online.
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Television.
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the elements of television, as in a program or script, pertaining to the transmission or reception of the image (distinguished from audio).
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the video part of a television broadcast.
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Informal. videotape.
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Informal. television.
She is a star of stage and video.
adjective
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of or relating to the electronic apparatus for producing the television picture.
video amplifier.
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of or relating to television, especially the visual elements.
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of or relating to videocassettes, VCRs, music videos, etc..
a video shop.
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pertaining to or employed in the transmission or reception of television pictures.
verb (used with object)
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videos,
present (3rd person singular)
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videoed,
past, past participle
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videoing
present participle
adjective
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relating to or employed in the transmission or reception of a televised image
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of, concerned with, or operating at video frequencies
noun
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the visual elements of a television broadcast
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a film recorded on a video cassette
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short for video cassette video cassette recorder
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an informal name for television
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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videosimple
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videossimple
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have videoedperfect
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has videoedperfect
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am videoingprogressive
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are videoingprogressive
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is videoingprogressive
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have been videoingperfect progressive
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has been videoingperfect progressive
Past
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videoedsimple
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had videoedperfect
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was videoingprogressive
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were videoingprogressive
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had been videoingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of video
First recorded in 1930–35; from Latin vidē(re) “to see” + -o, as in audio
Explanation
Video is a noun that refers to the recording or broadcasting of a moving image, like the funny video your friend took of you the first time you tried to skateboard. Video means a recorded image or movie, like a home video of your uncle's wedding or the video equipment a television station uses to make news stories. You can also call a movie you watch on your television or computer a video. A short film made to accompany a song? That's a music video. Video was first used in 1935 as a counterpart to audio which describes sound or music. It comes from the Latin word video: I see.
Vocabulary lists containing video
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CellCog’s AI created its 90-second brand video from a single prompt, according to its CEO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
"I want to apologise to the people if at any point I failed," he said in a video message on social media.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
“I am going to City Hall to work every single day to earn your trust, and to earn your trust in this city again,” Raman said in a video statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
“If you were a Chicago-land bride who bought your dress at David’s Bridal, we have it,” Ippolito said in a video post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
The video was about yarn structure, which probably wasn’t interesting to most people, but the knitters who subscribed to Grandma’s YouTube channel loved the nitty-gritty details.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
Back at home, Hieu said he likes English because it lets him chat with foreigners and watch a wider variety of videos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
At a time when many people’s taste is shaped by YouTube videos, TikTok shorts and Instagram posts, companies hire influencers and deploy sophisticated social-media and marketing campaigns to gain a measure of notice from consumers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
He explained the show would make nature accessible to everyone, with people encouraged to send videos in for the presenters to react to.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
The sisters created viral videos capitalizing on their red-haired identical-triplets identity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
“Anyway, feel free to post your videos and make fun of me. But now you know the truth. At least our school is getting a couple million out of this.”
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
In the Ione, Wash., farmers market, the local Sentinel editor called us over and videoed a description of our bike load.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025
"Show respect and leave. It doesn't need to be videoed," Mr McCain told CNN's Jake Tapper on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2024
Then security cameras videoed people getting past them by shimmying up the fence poles.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
Whether or not he decides to appear at the trial, scheduled to begin later this year, the A.G. can use his videoed deposition testimony to brutalize him the same way Carroll’s lawyers did.
From Slate ● May 11, 2023
The incident was videoed by someone in a flat overlooking the street.
From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2022
“She texted me and said, ‘Do you mind if I’m videoing in your kitchen?’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Passengers tend to spend the first few minutes of the ride "marvelling, videoing the steering wheel moving on its own, taking selfies", Fischer said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
I didn’t take my phone up to do the class photo, but I know some other people were, they were videoing, and I’m like, “Oh darn, I wish that I took the phone up.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
The trade union's annual conference heard that more patients were videoing their procedures on mobile phones, often without asking permission.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025
“How about the videoing? My phone has a pretty incredible slo-mo video camera.”
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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