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noun

ˈvi-dē-ˌō How to pronounce video (audio)
Definition of videonext
as in videotape
a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV every Thanksgiving, our family watches videos of past holiday gatherings

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adjective

as in photographic

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Recent Examples of video
Noun
Explore See latest videos, charts and news The electronic and arts festival, run by Untitled Group, launched its 2027 campaign with a teaser video framed around a time capsule, cutting through archival footage from past editions. — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026 But Williams, with her trademark video diaries, has distilled a vision of contemporary New York to its purest essence. — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026
Adjective
What sounds like multiple gunshots can be heard in a video ABC News reporter Selina Wang posted of her taping at the White House. — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 23 May 2026 Her video podcast will go twice-weekly—and Amazon will build out a universe around Oprah's Favorite Things, book club, and content from 25 seasons of her talk show. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for video
Recent Examples of Synonyms for video
  1. videotape
  2. photographic
  3. tape
  4. graphic
  5. pictorial
Noun
  • This remake of the Japanese horror hit Ringu stars Naomi Watts as a Seattle reporter whose 8-year-old son (David Dorfman) watches a cursed videotape that marks him for death in seven days.
    — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2026
  • And in the mid-1990s, talk show host Phil Donahue, who opposed the death penalty, tried to get approval to show an execution videotape on live TV.
    — Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of videotape
Adjective
  • This rare sighting came with even rarer photographic evidence.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Van Aertryck and his colleagues turned to prints, paintings, real-estate registers, and topographical maps to re-create Daguerre’s environs, but these pre-photographic renderings had their limits.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of photographic
Noun
  • But a rekindling of the past and a rediscovered cassette tape may provide a pathway to a new beginning.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Over time, his methods became more sophisticated, and Jacobs would set up microphones next to the venue’s soundboard or plug directly into it to record on cassettes, and later digital audio tapes and memory cards.
    — Kevin McKeough, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of tape
Adjective
  • The graphic descriptions of internal brain trauma overwhelmed the jury box, prompting the judge to call a recess Friday.
    — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Executed in a mixture of shoe polish and alcohol, the mural features the swirling, graphic forms and figures that would soon become hallmarks of his work.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of graphic
Adjective
  • Recent technical examinations reveal several modifications beneath the pictorial surface.
    — Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • In childhood, in adulthood, in her old age, Evans was besotted by dreams, turbulent, awesome, pictorial dreams.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of pictorial

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“Video.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/video. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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