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videotape

nounverbattested in dialogue

  • United States

A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.

noun

  1. 1

    A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.

  2. 2

    Synonym of videocassette (“cassette containing videotape”).

Etymology

From video + tape, a trademark of media company Ampex.

verb

  1. 1

    to make a recording of something on videotape

  2. 2

    To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound.

Forms

plural
videotapes
past tense
videotaped
past participle
videotaped
present participle
videotaping
third person singular
videotapes
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).