Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sequence of images processed electronically into an analog or digital format and displayed on a screen with sufficient rapidity as to create the illusion of motion and continuity.
- noun A signal carrying such images.
- noun A movie recorded electronically, usually including a soundtrack.
- noun The presentation of such a work.
- noun The electronic medium in which such movies are recorded.
- noun A music video.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Television , television show,movie . - noun Motion picture stored on VHS or some other format.
- noun dated
VHS . - verb To
record using video equipment
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a recording of both the visual and audible components (especially one containing a recording of a movie or television program)
- noun (computer science) the appearance of text and graphics on a video display
- noun the visible part of a television transmission
- noun broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If I want to watch a video, then I will type in the word video as a keyword.
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If I want to watch a video, then I will type in the word video as a keyword.
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If I want to watch a video, then I will type in the word video as a keyword.
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If you would like your video to be included in the next mail bag, please send me your highlight video* here:
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If you would like your video to be included in the next mail bag, please send me your highlight video* here:
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The Long Tail of video using Animoto, which converts your photos to video*, with music.
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* % video% - The first video found in the feed item returned as an embedded flash or video object.
Digital Point Forums alex190 2010
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iOrgsoft DVD Ripper, which deals with ripping DVD disc to various formats (video& audio) professionally, is a widely covered application that used to transfer video on DVDs to different formats (video or audio), to edit or back up DVD content, and for converting DVD video for playback on media players and mobile devices.
PC Advisor News 2009
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i tried making a folder 'test' and placing both my. html file and video folder in that and it worked .. means the video folder was not being accessed from wwwroot but rather from where my. html file was placed (i hope) but now i am using tomcat and i have tried placing '\video' folder in 'tomcat\ROOT' as well as in my application 'tomcat\webapps\WebApplication1' and 'tomcat\webapps'.
unknown title Usman Zaheer 2008
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And no shocker that the highest rated Shania Twain video is “Still The One.”
Michael in Nashville 2004
frindley commented on the word video
How to link to a specific point in the Youtube video.
Basically just add this to the end of the video URL:
#t=XmYYs
Where X = the minute number and YY = the two digits for the seconds number.
November 1, 2008
GHibbs commented on the word video
In British English, or what I have heard and seen, we almost exclusively use the verb 'video; videos; videoing; videoed'. It does appear in other dictionaries, even to the exclusion of the 'videotape ...' version.
December 3, 2011
pterodactyl commented on the word video
I wonder why you can say "I'm watching a video" but not "I'm listening to an audio".
May 30, 2014