videotape
noun
magnetic tape on which the electronic impulses produced by the video and audio portions of a television program, motion picture, etc., are recorded (distinguished from audiotape).
videotapes
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pluralof videotape.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof videotape (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
videotapenounmagnetic tape on which the electronic impulses produced by the video and audio portions of a television program, motion picture, etc., are recorded (distinguished from audiotape).
Example Sentences
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Four boxes of material, including computers, phones, hard drives and old videotapes, were handed to police by Meghan's half-brother, Thomas Markle Jr, last week.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
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
In 1987, Mr. Birney’s Conor is a happy nerd, comfortably living alone in a small Baltimore house with a shelf of videotapes and other amusements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
These videotapes consisted of family events that held personal meaning, and historical events and moments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2025
He’s sitting down with his computer and painstakingly analyzing videotapes, second by second.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
