video
Americannoun
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videos
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a program, movie, or other visual media product featuring moving images, with or without audio, that is recorded and saved digitally or on videocassette: She used her phone to record a video of her baby's first steps.
Let's stay at home and watch a video.
She used her phone to record a video of her baby's first steps.
I spent all morning watching videos of cats online.
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Television.
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the elements of television, as in a program or script, pertaining to the transmission or reception of the image (distinguished from audio).
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the video part of a television broadcast.
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Informal. videotape.
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Informal. television.
She is a star of stage and video.
adjective
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of or relating to the electronic apparatus for producing the television picture.
video amplifier.
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of or relating to television, especially the visual elements.
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of or relating to videocassettes, VCRs, music videos, etc..
a video shop.
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pertaining to or employed in the transmission or reception of television pictures.
verb (used with object)
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videos,
present (3rd person singular)
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videoed,
past, past participle
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videoing
present participle
adjective
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relating to or employed in the transmission or reception of a televised image
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of, concerned with, or operating at video frequencies
noun
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the visual elements of a television broadcast
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a film recorded on a video cassette
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short for video cassette video cassette recorder
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an informal name for television
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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videosimple
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videossimple
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have videoedperfect
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has videoedperfect
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am videoingprogressive
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are videoingprogressive
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is videoingprogressive
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have been videoingperfect progressive
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has been videoingperfect progressive
Past
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videoedsimple
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had videoedperfect
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was videoingprogressive
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were videoingprogressive
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had been videoingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of video
First recorded in 1930–35; from Latin vidē(re) “to see” + -o, as in audio
Explanation
Video is a noun that refers to the recording or broadcasting of a moving image, like the funny video your friend took of you the first time you tried to skateboard. Video means a recorded image or movie, like a home video of your uncle's wedding or the video equipment a television station uses to make news stories. You can also call a movie you watch on your television or computer a video. A short film made to accompany a song? That's a music video. Video was first used in 1935 as a counterpart to audio which describes sound or music. It comes from the Latin word video: I see.
Vocabulary lists containing video
Media Literacy - Middle School
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Example Sentences
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If, say, you’re watching a video on the outer screen, you can open the Duo to switch to the bigger display within.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
In July, Microsoft said it would cut 3,200 jobs in its video game division, or about 20% of that staff, over the next year as the gaming industry continues to face a flagging landscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Decoder Ring, Slate’s podcast about cracking cultural mysteries, turns its investigatory powers inward to explore what exactly a “podcast” is these days, as more and more shows pivot from audio to video.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Richie, from Tadworth in Surrey, has appeared at Colchester Magistrates' Court via video link from a hotel room.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
“I tried to do video interviews with the residents. I thought it would make a good bat mitzvah project.”
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Watching videos on the Duo is a nice experience—nice enough that you forget the screen is 0.7 inches smaller than the iPad Mini’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
So-called cycle-syncing workout plans have surged in popularity online, with Google searches for the term rising 740% since 2022 and more than 55,000 TikTok videos now using the #cyclesyncing hashtag.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Everything has the potential to burst,” said Hillard, who explained there’s now a push towards “rage baiting,” or being intentionally negative, in order to get higher views and engagement on their videos.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
American travelers in Europe have been posting TikTok and Instagram videos about Sarti all summer, but it’s been in short supply in the States.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
A number of YouTube videos provide comparisons that you can listen to, for example comparisons of just intonation and equal temperament, or comparisons of various temperaments.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
A few weeks later Ferguson was entrapped by the News of the World newspaper, videoed apparently offering to sell access to Andrew for £500,000.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
In the Ione, Wash., farmers market, the local Sentinel editor called us over and videoed a description of our bike load.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025
Then security cameras videoed people getting past them by shimmying up the fence poles.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
Whether or not he decides to appear at the trial, scheduled to begin later this year, the A.G. can use his videoed deposition testimony to brutalize him the same way Carroll’s lawyers did.
From Slate ● May 11, 2023
She was constantly being videoed by prison guards “because I am a ‘famous provocateur’,” she added.
From Reuters ● Nov. 3, 2022
“She texted me and said, ‘Do you mind if I’m videoing in your kitchen?’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
Passengers tend to spend the first few minutes of the ride "marvelling, videoing the steering wheel moving on its own, taking selfies", Fischer said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
I didn’t take my phone up to do the class photo, but I know some other people were, they were videoing, and I’m like, “Oh darn, I wish that I took the phone up.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
He came across to the referee to shake his hand, but wouldn't let go and was saying "you're on video, I've been videoing you", which he's not allowed to do anyway.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2022
“How about the videoing? My phone has a pretty incredible slo-mo video camera.”
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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