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livestream

or live stream

[ lahyv-streem ]

verb (used with object)

  1. Sometimes live-stream. to transmit or receive (video of an event, especially with commentary) on the internet while the event is taking place:

    Players were livestreaming walk-throughs of the video game before its official release date.



noun

  1. a video of an event, especially with commentary, distributed on the internet while the event is taking place:

    The livestream of the debate will be annotated by fact-checkers.

livestream

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verb

  1. to broadcast (an event) on the internet as it happens
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a live broadcast of an event on the internet
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of livestream1

First recorded in 2010–15; live 2 (in the sense “not taped, happening nowâ€) + stream (in the sense “data flowâ€)
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On Tuesday afternoon, the comment section of the YouTube livestream was moving so rapidly I could barely read the messages.

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In January, as he defied attempts to arrest him, the president told supporters that he was watching their rallies on YouTube livestream.

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Through a livestream on YouTube and its social media channels, Marvel unveiled the cast by revealing a new director’s chair with an actor’s name about every 10 minutes, with 27 actors announced in what appeared to be no particular order.

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About 10 million people were watching the livestream on X when it concluded.

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Tom Hiddleston will be back as God of Mischief Loki, Thor’s brother, in a twist that came about 3 hours and 45 minutes into the livestream.

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