video call
noun
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.
video chat
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a variation of
video call.
Example Sentences
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“Any time River gets any kind of small win, I’m delighted for him,” Lowden said in a video chat from his parents’ home in Scotland.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Several of the smartest legal experts will join my colleagues Mark Joseph Stern and Dahlia Lithwick for a live video chat about everything that happened at the high court this year.
From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2026
Toward the end of 2020—with Covid having pushed everyone into their respective video chat boxes—a group coalesced around Dario to break off and form their own company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
Over the course of two days, Leavy and I talked back and forth on video chat, email, text and the phone about the state of baseball.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2025
Cat didn’t want to talk to him, so she decided to video chat Mom.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
