Definition

1. Noun:
   • Electronic moving images: The technology of capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.
   • A recording: A specific recording of moving visual images, often with accompanying sound, stored on tape, disc, or digitally.
   • The visual component: The picture or image portion of a television broadcast or transmission, as distinct from the audio.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The conference will be streamed on video. (The moving images of the event will be broadcast live online.)
  • I watched a video about marine life. (I watched a recorded program about ocean creatures.)
  • The sound is fine, but we've lost the video signal. (We can hear, but we cannot see the picture.)

Advanced Usage

• "On video": Recorded or available in a video format.
  • The entire incident was captured on video.
• "Video call": A telephone call with live video images of the participants.
  • We have a weekly video call with our team overseas.

Variants and Related Words

• Videotape (n/v): A magnetic tape for recording video and sound; to record on such tape.
• Videographer (n): A person who operates a video camera, especially professionally.
• Videographic (adj): Relating to or using video technology.
• Videoconference (n): A conference in which participants in different locations can see and hear each other via video technology.

Synonyms

• Recording (for a stored video).
• Footage (for raw or unedited video material).
• Film (can be synonymous, though often implies cinematic production).

Related Phrasal Verbs / Compound Verbs

• To video (something) (verb): To record moving images of something.
  • She videoed her son's first steps.

Related Idioms

• "Lights, camera, action!": Although a film idiom, it is commonly associated with the start of any video recording session.
• "To go viral" (on video): For a video to spread rapidly and widely on the internet.
  • Their funny cat video went viral overnight.

Noun

1. broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
   • she is a star of screen and video
   • Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done - Ernie Kovacs
2. (computer science) the appearance of text and graphics on a video display
3. a recording of both the visual and audible components (especially one containing a recording of a movie or television program)
4. the visible part of a television transmission
   • they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone