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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
While there were multiple fights at the game on Sunday, the arrest was in connection with a brawl in the Levi's Stadium parking lot in which a man was seen on video kicking and punching someone who was unconscious. — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026 Users can still access live video and screen-sharing during the transition. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 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
  • Pisanthanakun says that 20 years ago, horror was all about the concept – ghosts in photos or on videotapes – with filmmakers competing over where to make the ghost appear.
    — Jenny S. Li, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Rulings in two appeals courts defined a consumer, under this law, as anybody who purchases, rents or subscribes to any good or service from a videotape service provider.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of videotape
Adjective
  • Several years later, there was another photographic survey of the site, and the sculpture was no longer there.
    — Kelley Engelbrecht, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Comeaux warned that additional video and photographic evidence continues to arrive.
    — Doug Myers, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of photographic
Noun
  • Parts of a dust jacket missing due to tape or just large tears is bad patina in my eyes.
    — David Michon, Curbed, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The Geese prodigy plays prepared piano on the bric-a-brac tune; Hill contributes vocals, ukulele, celesta, production, and other technical duties that make use, in part, of an Ampex MM1200 reel-to-reel tape machine.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of tape
Adjective
  • The legendary graphic designer Tibor Kalman (who created Colors magazine) designed a collection of watches in the nineties that are now being reissued as they were originally produced, by M & Co Labs ($250).
    — Nicholas Blechman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2026
  • The brand has grown from its original offering of signature hats and graphic tees into outerwear, denim and a full women’s range.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of graphic
Adjective
  • In stark contrast to the organic, pictorial design of the Nativity Façade on the opposite side of the basilica, which depicts the birth of Jesus, Gaudí employed skeletal forms to evoke human suffering and Christ’s final days.
    — Livia Caligor, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2026
  • American Gothic marked Wood’s embrace of a new style as an Iowa painter, developing a pictorial language suited to the visual culture of the Midwest.
    — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of pictorial

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“Video.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/video. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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