footage
pronunciation
How to pronounce footage in British English:
UK [ˈfʊtɪdʒ]
How to pronounce footage in American English:
US [ˈfʊtɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- the amount of film that has been shot
- a rate of charging by the linear foot of work done
Word Origin
- footage (n.)
- "the length of film used in a scene, etc.," 1916, from foot (n.) as a measure of length + -age. Earlier used to describe a piece-work system to pay miners.
Example
- 1. Last october , footage of a giant halo in an overcast sky over moscow surfaced on youtube .
- 2. After some pleading dr hauser sent him sample footage .
- 3. In another study in 2010 , the ideal number of square footage people desired for their houses dropped dramatically .
- 4. Footage of a spontaneously accelerating audi was staged and the woman 's admission of error in a police report ignored .
- 5. College-admissions deans and potential employers browse bacchanalian footage .