- vid‧e‧o plural videos
- 1 [countable]
a copy of a film or television programme, or a series of events, recorded onvideotape - COLLOCATIONS
- rent/get a video also hire a video British English
- watch a video
- rewind a video (=move to an earlier part of a video by pressing a button)
- fast-forward a video (=move to a later part of a video by pressing a button)
- pause a video (=stop a video for a short time)
- make a video
- home video (=a video of your family, a holiday etc that you make yourself)
- promotional video (=a video of a product etc that is intended to help sell it)
- on video
- video shop BrE video store American English
- hire British English /rent American English a video
How much does it cost to hire videos?
Let's stay at home and watch a video.
Rewind the video right to the beginning.
The school will be making a video of the play.
- on video
The movie has not yet been released on video.
coming soon to a video store near you
- 2 [countable]
a plastic box containing special tape for recording programmes and films on television [= videotape, video cassette]: Have we got a blank video (=one with nothing recorded on it yet)anywhere?
- 3 [countable] British English
a machine used to record television programmes or show videos [= VCR, video cassette recorder] - programme/set the video
Can you set the video to record the football match?
- 4 [uncountable]
the process of recording or showing television programmes, films, real events etc on videotape : The course aims to help children learn through video.
- 5 [countable]
a short film that is made to go with a particular piece of popular music [= music video]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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