video
/'vidiou/
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Definition
- 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
- 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
- (computer science) the appearance of text and graphics on a video display
- a recording of both the visual and audible components (especially one containing a recording of a movie or television program)
- the visible part of a television transmission
- they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone