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video.

Transient visual content or media, processed with technology, especially electronic.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈvɪd.i.əʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈvɪd.i.oʊ/Canada, General-American[ˈʋi.ɖɪ.jo]South-Asia[ˈʋiɖ.jo]South-Asia
  1. Transient visual content or media, processed with technology, especially electronic.

    uncountable
    Early TV used film to record video.
    Which cable is for the video feed?
  2. A recording or medium of visual content, especially audiovisual content for playback; a motion picture, movie, film.

    countable
  3. Television content or media.

    countable · dated · uncountable
  4. videotape, VHS.

    countable · dated · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videōbor. English audioinflu. English video From the root vide of Latin videō (“to see”) + -o, formed in analogy to audio.

verb/ˈvɪd.i.əʊ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈvɪd.i.oʊ/Canada, General-American[ˈʋi.ɖɪ.jo]South-Asia[ˈʋiɖ.jo]South-Asia
  1. To record using a video camera, to videotape.

    UK
  2. To record a television program.

    UK
  3. To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.

    ambitransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *widéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *widēō Latin videōbor. English audioinflu. English video From the root vide of Latin videō (“to see”) + -o, formed in analogy to audio.

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