videotape

noun

vid·eo·tape | \ ˈvi-dē-ō-ˌtāp

Definition of videotape

(Entry 1 of 2)

: a recording of visual images and sound (as of a television production) made on magnetic tape also : the magnetic tape used for such a recording

videotape

verb

videotaped; videotaping; videotapes

Definition of videotape (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

: to make a videotape of videotape a show

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Synonyms for videotape

Synonyms: Noun

Examples of videotape in a Sentence

Noun I watched the movie on videotape. watched a videotape of her daughter's first ballet recital Verb They videotaped the baby's first steps.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Barring something extraordinary, like, say, being caught on videotape dynamiting the Golden Gate Bridge, Gavin Newsom will be reelected as California governor in November. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2022 All but forgotten within his family, the videotape was transferred to DVD and sent to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington in 2009. — New York Times, 3 Jan. 2022 If Tate did run toward the gunman trying to make the shooting stop, it will likely be confirmed by the school’s videotape system. — Jeff Seidel And Mick Mccabe, Detroit Free Press, 2 Dec. 2021 The company found security videotape of the suspect taking the items. — cleveland, 16 Dec. 2021 Early in 1996, Hollander says, Steve persuaded her to meet him in Dallas and bring the videotape of her polygraph test. — Thomas Lake, CNN, 8 Dec. 2021 The tranche of testimony released Monday also included videotape of the former governor’s testimony. — al, 30 Nov. 2021 None of Phillips’ account was accurate, according to the videotape, the suit says. — oregonlive, 26 Apr. 2021 It was narrowly focussed on a fourteen-year-old girl in one videotape, and neither the girl nor her parents testified. — Jim Derogatis, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Protesters can’t videotape, photograph or otherwise record patients or providers within 100 feet of reproductive clinics. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2021 The women allege that the couple then used secret spy cameras to videotape them. — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2021 Prosecutors alleged Kruchten used his position as a business teacher at Madison East High School to secretly videotape students during field trips in Wisconsin and Minnesota. — Fox News, 25 Oct. 2021 A week and a half ago, Mark Green summoned his energy to videotape a message urging whoever was listening to get vaccinated against COVID-19. — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Oct. 2021 Chandler Police are investigating the crash and are looking for information from any potential witnesses, and asking if anyone happened to videotape the accident. — Jenn Selva, CNN, 1 Oct. 2021 To promote the issue, the honorees traditionally join to videotape what’s known as the Freshman Cypher, a showcase and test of their freestyle skills. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2021 The Massachusetts DOC, through a spokesman, declined to answer questions about why no officer was assigned to videotape the cell entry or whether the videotaping policy did or did not apply in this case. — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2021 The woman, Sandy Weyer, allegedly ran to the top of a staircase inside the Capitol to videotape the assault. — Marshall Cohen And Devan Cole, CNN, 7 July 2021

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