DVD
pronunciation
How to pronounce DVD in British English:
UK [ˌdi: vi: ˈdi:]
How to pronounce DVD in American English:
US [ˌdivi'di]
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- Noun:
- a digital videodisc; a recording (as of a movie) on an optical disk that can be played on a computer or a television set
Word Origin
- DVD
- 1995, initialism (acronym) from Digital Video Disc, later changed to Digital Versatile Disc. Earlier this year, electronics giant Toshiba positioned the first DVD players available in the U.S. as a home entertainment unit (retail price $600). ["Black Enterprise" magazine, June 1997]
Example
- 1. When was the last time you bought a dvd ?
- 2. Axel strauss the classical hour at steinway hall dvd .
- 3. I would like to buy a dvd what is a good brand ?
- 4. He watches movies after they come out on dvd .
- 5. What 's more , few people buy films on dvd these days , which has hit studios hard . They are scaling back the number of films they make by around a third .