Definition of videotape
: 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
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Examples of videotape in a Sentence
I watched the movie on videotape.
watched a videotape of her daughter's first ballet recital
Recent Examples of videotape from the Web
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Finicum, a 54-year-old rancher who acted as a spokesman for the refuge's lands-rights occupiers, was shot dead by Oregon State police in an incident caught on videotape taken by a law enforcement aircraft.
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While the dark, dingy man cave with the mismatched recliners has gone the way of videotapes and TV antennas, new homes come with options that the man of the house will love.
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The court has just released hundreds of documents, photographs and even hours of videotape that reveal, in stunning detail, a serial killer's journey into darkness.
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Authorities have said the shooting was caught on videotape and witnessed by the victim's 9-year-old daughter.
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Counting is expedited when only salmon are passing because the videotape is relatively short and all fish are seen.
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But in the retrial, Williams and Laurie relied primarily on videotape of Dippolito’s alleged solicitation and testimony by the fake hit man, Officer Widy Jean.
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The incident was reported on May 16, at which time the school looked into the matter by reviewing school videotape, nothing was found to substantiate the allegation of an assault.
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Of course, Kushner can’t help that his dad went to federal prison about a decade ago for evading taxes and taking revenge on his sister by hiring a prostitute to seduce her husband and sending her a videotape of the tryst.
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First Known Use of videotape
1953
videotape
Definition of videotape
transitive verb
: to make a videotape of videotape a show
Examples of videotape in a Sentence
They videotaped the baby's first steps.
Recent Examples of videotape from the Web
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Mostly videotaped on simple sets, this film is by far the most faithful to Austen’s novel.
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Students from KHS' RedLine Newspaper and KTV television station were on hand to videotape, interview, and photograph them.
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Cobane was the subject of community outrage after he was videotaped using ethnically inflammatory language while detaining a Latino man.
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What also concerns him is that the entire stunt was videotaped and posted on the internet.
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The men videotaped the encounter without Nissen’s knowledge, the federal agent said.
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The men videotaped the encounter without Nissen's knowledge, the federal agent said.
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Those operations may include phone-tapping or videotaping.
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That charge covers an array of offenses such as photographing or videotaping another person's private areas without their consent or knowledge; distributing those images; forcible pandering; or indecent exposure.
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First Known Use of videotape
1957
VIDEOTAPE Defined for English Language Learners
videotape
playDefinition of videotape for English Language Learners
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: tape on which movies, television shows, etc., can be recorded
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: a movie, TV program, etc., that is recorded on videotape
videotape
Definition of videotape for English Language Learners
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: to record (someone or something) on videotape
VIDEOTAPE Defined for Kids
Definition of videotape for Students
1 : a recording of visual images and sound (as of a television production) made on magnetic tape
2 : the magnetic tape used for such a recording
Definition of videotape for Students
videotaped
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: to make a videotape of
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