video 1 of 2

as in videotape
a recording (as of a movie) for playback on a TV every Thanksgiving, our family watches videos of past holiday gatherings

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

video

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of video
Noun
The group also produces books, podcasts, videos and homeschooling curricula. Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025 The brothers are set to appear before the parole board via video on June 13, 2025, at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2025
Adjective
Abrego Garcia’s attorneys described the conditions in the prison, accounts of which align with the background of a video Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem shared after visiting the center. Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 1 Apr. 2025 To be clear, these aren’t only video clips of features being used, but the SDR Agent actually using the Otter service live and clicking on different parts of the interface to demonstrate how to use them. Barry Collins, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for video
Recent Examples of Synonyms for video
Noun
  • Using videotape footage from the ATM cameras, Key West police found Acosta’s van on Duval Street.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Like other major networks, CBS had used a bulky videotape machine called the Ampex VR-1000 to replay highlights since the mid-1950s, according to Smithsonian historian Eric S. Hintz.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • From portraying Alfred Hitchcock and Steve Jobs to taking beauty shots of Kate Moss, depicting Las Vegas landscapes and lensing fashion campaigns for the likes of Chanel, Prada and Levi’s, his photographic career has brought him to many a place.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 27 May 2025
  • The last recorded sighting of the fuzzy rodent 30 years ago failed to yield any photographic evidence, but after six months scouring the jungles of New Guinea, one researcher has finally documented one of the world’s most elusive mammals.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • Stock photo of crime scene tape from a shooting in Royal Oak, Michigan, on May 14, 2018.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
  • It can be repaired with heavy-duty, water-resistant tape specifically designed for PVC rafts.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • These studies were also really an investigation of color, thinking of the way graphic scores can work and trying to convey a mood or tone through color theory.
    Caitlin Woolsey, Artforum, 1 June 2025
  • On the opening day of Combs’s trial, the jury was shown graphic video of him physically assaulting Ventura in a California hotel in 2016.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 28 May 2025
Adjective
  • Image Sherald’s vertical portraits, by contrast, retain their pictorial charisma despite a certain repetitiveness.
    Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • The Filipino filmmaker delivers a pictorial fresco of the 16th century, at once a sensory immersion and an uncompromising political perspective on colonial violence.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 May 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Video.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/video. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on video

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!