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Video has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the visible part of a television transmission

"they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"

2

a recording of both the visual and audible components (especially one containing a recording of a movie or television program)

"After watching the entire video of last night's award show, I realized how much longer the acceptance speeches had become compared to previous years."

3

(computer science) the appearance of text and graphics on a video display

"The programmer spent hours debugging why the new video output was flickering, even though the hardware seemed perfectly fine."

4

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"

5

Television, television show, movie.

"After finishing work, I stayed up late to binge-watch my favorite video series."

In plain English: A video is a recording of moving images that you can watch on a screen.

"I sent you a video of my cat playing in the rain."

Verb
1

To record using a video camera, to videotape

"We decided to video our daughter's first dance at the wedding so she could see it later."

In plain English: To video something means to record it with a camera so you can watch it later.

"We are going to video our daughter's first birthday party."

Usage: Use this verb when you are actively recording events with a video camera or camcorder rather than filming them on film. It is often interchangeable with the noun form in casual speech but functions strictly as an action here.

Example Sentences
"I sent you a video of my cat playing in the rain." noun
"We are going to video our daughter's first birthday party." verb
"The students will video their science experiment for the class presentation." verb
"She decided to video her friend's birthday speech so she could watch it again later." verb
"We need to set up a camera to video the entire wedding ceremony from start to finish." verb
Related Terms
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
visual communication recording broadcasting
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
videocassette videotape cable television high-definition television

Origin

The word video comes from the Latin verb videō, meaning "to see." It was created by adding a suffix similar to that found in the word audio.

Rhyming Words
deo ideo tadeo fideo hideo judeo rodeo amadeo roadeo amedeo brodeo mondeo ribadeo antivideo postvideo home video montevideo view video rent video file video
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