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video

verb

  1. skype, video chat
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noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈvɪd.i.əʊ/ / /ˈvɪd.i.oʊ/ / /ˈʋi.ɖɪ.jo/

noun

Etymology: 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 video From the root vide of Latin videō (“to see”) + -o, formed in analogy to audio.

  1. Transient visual content or media, processed with technology.

    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.

    We edited a video montage of Robbie's first birthday.

    We used to make videos on tape recorders.

  3. Television content or media.
  4. VHS.

verb

Etymology: 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 video From the root vide of Latin videō (“to see”) + -o, formed in analogy to audio.

  1. To record using a video camera, to videotape.
  2. To record a television program.
  3. To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.