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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
Clark Frankel has been a video producer at Big Think since 2021, and before that spent eight years on the video team at TED. — Big Think, 31 July 2026 In the lineup announcement, representatives for American Experience additionally that the 37-year-old series has been growing its shortform video presence on social media platforms. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
Adjective
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 The video State of the City will probably be more about the city budget, which also will be released Monday. — Los Angeles Times, 18 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
  • Its frame story involves a crime-busting couple who, while searching for a missing coed, must view a variety of videotapes.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • The previous game’s all-star cast returned, but now Mark Hamill, Tom Wilson, Malcolm McDowell, and the rest were performing not on videotape in front of digital backgrounds but on 35mm film stock and enormous real sets—lots of enormous real sets.
    — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026
Definition of videotape
Adjective
  • The photographic promise of the star in an easy, lighthearted mode is borne out by a clutch of songs that drift by for the most part in that dreamy, gossamer-like higher vocal, more of a whisper than her signature belt.
    — Aimee Cliff, Pitchfork, 31 July 2026
  • Clear sight lines to the west-northwestern horizon will provide spectacular photographic opportunities, if the sky is clear.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of photographic
Noun
  • Strip away the nostalgia framing and what’s left is a generation adapting to scarcity, and a slow-motion shift into retirement like the fadeout on a cassette tape.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 July 2026
  • His three-day sentencing hearing featured emotional victim impact statements, tapes of his confessions to police and insights into his twisted desire for infamy and obsession with school shooters.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Definition of tape
Adjective
  • The music video — which includes a graphic content warning at the start — features symbolic and gory imagery of societal expectations and fame.
    — Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Motion graphic designer and illustrator Kawakami Takashi returns as the designer of TIFFCOM’s 2026 key visual, an illustration of Tokyo previously featured on the cover of pop-culture magazine Brutus.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of graphic
Adjective
  • It was coined in Japan in the 1990s for small pictorial symbols used in electronic messaging.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Each piece spells out a message—happiness, beauty, and magnificence—in the ancient pictorial writing.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 12 June 2026
Definition of pictorial

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“Video.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/video. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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