videotape
Americannoun
verb (used with object)
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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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It’s funny how just the grainy, washed-out look of videotape can conjure so much melancholy.
From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025
The secretly shared videotape was so satisfying that people literally died watching it, so frozen in their bliss that they forgot about their own human needs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
"They were supported by hundreds of hours of videotape, evidence, eyewitness testimony, they're indisputable."
From Salon • Jan. 22, 2025
In her first few viewings of the videotape, Marcia Clark had the gnawing sense that he was lying.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2024
The use of videotape in conjunction with systematic observation of children’s overt, physical responses to music: A research model for early childhood music education.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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