videotape
Americannoun
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videotapes
plural
verb (used with object)
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videotapes,
present (3rd person singular)
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videotaped,
past participle, past
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videotaping
present participle
Other Word Forms
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Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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videotapesimple
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videotapessimple
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have videotapedperfect
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has videotapedperfect
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am videotapingprogressive
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are videotapingprogressive
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is videotapingprogressive
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have been videotapingperfect progressive
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has been videotapingperfect progressive
Past
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videotapedsimple
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had videotapedperfect
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was videotapingprogressive
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were videotapingprogressive
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had been videotapingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of videotape
Example Sentences
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If there is a videotape, all the better.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
“Wouldn’t it be natural to think that goods or services from a videotape service provider would be video-related services?” asked Justice Clarence Thomas.
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
In the early 80s, Grampian became the first UK regional TV company to gather the day's news footage on videotape - ending the need to spend hours developing and processing film.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Ampex invented the first videotape recorder for professional use in 1956, a $50,000 machine that CBS used to tape and broadcast reruns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
But if you had taken that videotape and slowed it down, until you were looking at our interaction in slices of a fraction of a second, you would have seen something quite different.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
As I watched Sunday’s fights, I kept asking myself: how did we go from stolen VHS videotapes in the 1990s to all this?
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2026
After production stopped following the 1985 season, the show lived on in syndication, alongside a series of books and videotapes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
These videotapes consisted of family events that held personal meaning, and historical events and moments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025
We spent hours on the phone, and he shared old videotapes and other materials.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
He’s sitting down with his computer and painstakingly analyzing videotapes, second by second.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
Magistrate Judge Enjolique Lett ordered Trump to sit for a videotaped deposition to take questions from the BBC’s lawyers by Dec. 11.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
He was spending much more time organising religious activities in the Muslim community, which he often videotaped.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
After both planes landed in the United Kingdom, Trump was videotaped coming down the steps from the larger jet, before making his way to the new retrofitted Air Force One.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Allan initially appeared willing to engage, but grew irate when he realized he was being videotaped.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Over the course of his career, Schoenfeld has videotaped countless students as they worked on math problems.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
Under the First Amendment, anyone in the U.S. has the right to engage in peaceful protest, which can include yelling, using profane language, videotaping officers and following them in a car, legal experts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
“A lot of times they’ll be secretly videotaping you or recording you.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2024
I also remember videotaping one medic’s baby daughter before we returned to deploy with the unit into Iraq.
From Salon ● May 27, 2024
John Hacker, a Portland-area activist who began videotaping far-right rallies and identifying extremists on social media in 2016, said he is regularly targeted online by the far right with hateful comments.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
A camera goes down with you, though, videotaping your simulated death, so you can take it home and relive those 8.5 seconds in the comfort of your living room.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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