video

/ˌvɪdiˈoʊ/

/ˈvɪdiəʊ/

Other forms: videos

Video is a noun that refers to the recording or broadcasting of a moving image, like the funny video your friend took of you the first time you tried to skateboard.

Video means a recorded image or movie, like a home video of your uncle's wedding or the video equipment a television station uses to make news stories. You can also call a movie you watch on your television or computer a video. A short film made to accompany a song? That's a music video. Video was first used in 1935 as a counterpart to audio which describes sound or music. It comes from the Latin word video: I see.

Definitions of video

1. noun

   broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
   “she is a star of screen and video”

   synonyms: TV, telecasting, television

   types:

   cable, cable television

   television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver

   HDTV, high-definition television

   a television system that has more than the usual number of lines per frame so its pictures show more detail

   type of:

   broadcasting

   taking part in a radio or tv program
2. noun

   a recording of both the visual and audible components (especially one containing a recording of a movie or television program)
   synonyms: video recording

   types:

   videocassette

   a cassette for videotape

   videotape

   a video recording made on magnetic tape

   type of:

   recording

   a storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded
3. noun

   the visible part of a television transmission
   synonyms: picture

   type of:

   visual communication

   communication that relies on vision
4. noun

   (computer science) the appearance of text and graphics on a video display
   type of:

   visual communication

   communication that relies on vision