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{
"term": "video",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a system of recording moving pictures and sound, either using a digital method of storing data or (in the past) using videotape",
"sensetop": "on video",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "A wedding is the perfect subject for video."
},
{
"text": "The robbery was **captured on video**.",
"contextForm": "on video"
},
{
"text": "Most of the movie was **shot on** digital **video**."
},
{
"text": "I can't find the video channel on this television."
},
{
"text": "The jury watched video footage of the riots."
},
{
"text": "The speech was broadcast via a video link to thousands standing outside."
},
{
"text": "Video files can be readily transmitted over digital broadband."
},
{
"text": "You need a broadband internet connection to stream video online."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["live", "real-time", "interactive"],
"verb + video": ["stream"],
"video + noun": ["camera", "card", "equipment"],
"preposition": ["on video"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a short film or recording of an event, made using digital technology and viewed on a computer, especially over the internet",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The school made a short promotional video."
},
{
"text": "More than a million people have **watched a video** of the incident."
},
{
"text": "She **posted** a series of **videos** on the internet."
},
{
"text": "Upload your videos and share them with friends and family online."
},
{
"text": "This phone can store up to 20 hours of video."
},
{
"text": "a security video of the attack"
},
{
"text": "This article and the accompanying video takes you through each stage step by step."
},
{
"text": "Their teacher showed them a video about the Inuit."
},
{
"text": "He posted a video on his website"
},
{
"text": "An amateur video of the crash failed to reveal the cause."
},
{
"text": "You can view and share video clips on this website."
}
],
"topics": ["Computers"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["hour-long", "ten-minute", "etc."],
"verb + video": ["create", "do", "film"],
"video + noun": ["cassette", "tape", "library"],
"preposition": ["video of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a short film made by a pop or rock band to be shown with a song when it is played on television or online",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The group's new video will be released next month."
},
{
"text": "The band are in Iceland doing a video shoot."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["hour-long", "ten-minute", "etc."],
"verb + video": ["create", "do", "film"],
"video + noun": ["cassette", "tape", "library"],
"preposition": ["video of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a type of magnetic tape used in the past for recording moving pictures and sound; a box containing this tape, also called a video cassette",
"sensetop": "on video",
"cefr": "a1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The movie was released on video later that year.",
"contextForm": "on video"
},
{
"text": "The thief was caught on video as he pocketed watches and rings."
},
{
"text": "They used to sell both blank and pre-recorded videos."
}
],
"topics": ["TV, radio and news"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["live", "real-time", "interactive"],
"verb + video": ["stream"],
"video + noun": ["camera", "card", "equipment"],
"preposition": ["on video"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a copy of a film, programme, etc. recorded on videotape",
"labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We used to rent videos nearly every weekend."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["hour-long", "ten-minute", "etc."],
"verb + video": ["create", "do", "film"],
"video + noun": ["cassette", "tape", "library"],
"preposition": ["video of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a piece of equipment used, especially in the past, to record and play films and TV programmes on video",
"labels": "(British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I never even learned to programme the video."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verb + video": ["programme", "set"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvɪdiəʊ/",
"audio": "vi/video/video__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈvɪdiəʊ/",
"audio": "vi/video/video__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "1930s: from Latin videre ‘to see’, on the pattern of audio."
}