video
noun · verb
Simple meaning
The visible part of a television transmission.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
videeohSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈvɪdioʊ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
The visible part of a television transmission
Television, a television show, or a movie.
A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube).
A motion picture stored on VHS or some other format.
verb
british
To record a television program
british
To record using a video camera, to videotape
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A1 · Beginner
- Frequency
- Very Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Television, a television show, or a movie.
Used this way, video is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use video
- “She is a star of screen and video.”noun
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Word Family
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Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A game played against a computer.
An iPod that can also play video files.
A recording of both the visual and audible components (especially one containing a recording of a movie or television program).
An electronic device that represents information in visual form.
The process of capturing and converting and storing video images for use by a computer.
Electronic equipment that broadcasts or receives electromagnetic waves representing images and sound.
Related words
Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
A video recording made on magnetic tape.
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