video call

American  

[vid-ee-oh kawl] / ˈvɪd iˌoʊ ˌkɔl /

Also video chat or videocall

noun

• video calls
  plural

1. 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.

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verb (used with or without object)

1. to communicate with (one or more people) by using a smartphone, computer, etc., to transmit and receive audio and video: Employees working remotely are expected to videocall into the department meetings with the collaboration app.

   It would be nice if the grandkids lived closer, but at least we video call each other pretty often.

   Employees working remotely are expected to videocall into the department meetings with the collaboration app.

video call British  

noun

1. a call made via a mobile phone with a camera and a screen, allowing the participants to see each other as they talk

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• video calls
  plural

Etymology

Origin of video call

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

video call

He had a 90-minute video call with a school psychologist who discussed her work, but didn’t allow him to shadow her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

I asked our financial planner, Michael, on a video call.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

“We always made sure we had each other,” Morrissey adds, speaking later over video call.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The men left after James transferred his savings - hundreds of thousands of pounds of cryptocurrency - to the digital wallet of the man on the video call.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

She hit the video call button as she headed for the door, and it rang once before the call got rejected.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi