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Video

//ˈvɪd.i.oʊ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Television, a television show, or a movie. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a recording of both the visual and audible components (especially one containing a recording of a movie or television program) wordnet
  3. 3
    A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube). countable, uncountable

    "We made a video montage of Robbie for his fiftieth birthday."

  4. 4
    broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects wordnet
  5. 5
    A motion picture stored on VHS or some other format. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    the visible part of a television transmission wordnet
  2. 7
    VHS. countable, dated, uncountable
  3. 8
    (computer science) the appearance of text and graphics on a video display wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To record using a video camera, to videotape British
  2. 2
    To record a television program British
  3. 3
    To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound. ambitransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videōbor. English video From the root vide of Latin videō (“I see”) + -o, formed in analogy to audio.

Etymology 2

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der. Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videōbor. English video From the root vide of Latin videō (“I see”) + -o, formed in analogy to audio.

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