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video

[ vid-ee-oh ]

noun

  1. 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.

  2. Television.
    1. the elements of television, as in a program or script, pertaining to the transmission or reception of the image ( audio ).
    2. the video part of a television broadcast.
  3. Informal. videotape.
  4. Informal. television:

    She is a star of stage and video.



adjective

  1. of or relating to the electronic apparatus for producing the television picture:

    video amplifier.

  2. of or relating to television, especially the visual elements.
  3. of or relating to videocassettes, VCRs, music videos, etc.:

    a video shop.

  4. pertaining to or employed in the transmission or reception of television pictures.

video

/ ˈɪɪˌəʊ /

adjective

  1. relating to or employed in the transmission or reception of a televised image
  2. of, concerned with, or operating at video frequencies
“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. the visual elements of a television broadcast
  2. a film recorded on a video cassette
  3. an informal name for television
“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

verb

  1. to record (a television programme, etc) on a video cassette recorder
“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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of video1

First recorded in 1930–35; from Latin ŧ() “to see” + -o, as in audio
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of video1

C20: from Latin ŧ to see, on the model of audio
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Sherman shared alarming video from his residential security cameras of his home being burglarized at gunpoint by three men shortly after midnight March 30 — which happened to be the three-time All-Pro’s 37th birthday.

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US President Donald Trump has granted TikTok a 75-day extension to comply with a law that requires the hugely popular video app to either sell its US assets or face a ban in the country.

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Cell phones, TVs and video game consoles tend to be big-ticket purchases, and the latest US tariffs could make them even bigger-ticket.

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One video showed a large section of a 10-storey block of flats obliterated by the attack and victims lying on the road outside.

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Top movie theater lobbyist Michael O’Leary called for Hollywood studios to hold back movies longer from home video and streaming, arguing that it would make the movie business more sustainable.

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