video
pronunciation
How to pronounce video in British English:
UK [ˈvɪdiəʊ]
How to pronounce video in American English:
US [ˈvɪdioʊ]
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- Noun:
- the visible part of a television transmission
- a recording of both the video and audio components (especially one containing a recording of a movie or television program)
- broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
Word Origin
- video
- video: see visit
- video (adj.)
- 1935, as visual equivalent of audio, from Latin video "I see," first person singular present indicative of videre "to see" (see vision). As a noun, "that which is displayed on a (television) screen," 1937. Engineers, however, remember the sad fate of television's first debut and are not willing to allow "video transmission" (as television is now called by moderns) to leave the laboratory until they are sure it will be accepted. ["The Michigan Technic," November 1937] video game is from 1973.
Example
- 1. People get really excited by video .
- 2. The video shows a toddler playing in a street .
- 3. Video game characters know this all too well .
- 4. Human memory works nothing like a video camera .
- 5. Mr jackson did not invent the pop promotional video , as he is sometimes credited with doing .