video
English meaning: Video
Definition
Television, television show, movie.
Example
“He posted a funny video of his cat online.”
Another example: “We had a video call with the team in Tokyo this morning.”
Usage — When, Where & How
A very common noun for recorded moving images, or a single recording ('a music video', 'watch a video'). US/UK both use it freely. The older sense referring to videotape (VHS) is now dated. Countable and uncountable depending on sense.
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From Latin 'video' meaning 'I see', coined in the 1930s on the model of 'audio'.
Related Words
Common Collocations
- watch a video
- music video
- video call
- make a video
- video game
- home video
Word Forms
video (sing.); videos (pl.); video (v.); videoed; videoing
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
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Language information
- Language
- English
- English
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Indo-European
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