video
nounUK /ˈvɪd.i.əʊ/ · CA, US /ˈvɪd.i.oʊ/
Etymology From the root vide of Latin videō (“to see”) + -o, formed in analogy to audio.
1Transient visual content or media, processed with technology, especially electronic.
- Early TV used film to record video.
- Which cable is for the video feed?
2A recording or medium of visual content, especially audiovisual content for playback; a motion picture, movie, film.
- We edited a video montage of Robbie's first birthday.
- We used to make videos on tape recorders.
1 more example
- Check out the videos I uploaded online.
3Dated Television content or media.
- Derived terms
91 terms
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video
verbEtymology From the root vide of Latin videō (“to see”) + -o, formed in analogy to audio.
1UK To record using a video camera, to videotape.
2UK To record a television program.
3Ambitransitive To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.