videotape

videotape Definition

video·tape (-tāp′)

noun

a magnetic tape on which electronic impulses, as of the video and audio portions of a TV program, can be recorded for later playing

transitive verb -·taped′, -·tap′·ing

to record on videotape

videotape Synonyms

magnetic tape, video, recording; see tape recorder, television.

videotape Usage Examples

Object

audiotape: In addition the library has a large audio-visual collection comprising of videotapes, audiotapes and slides.

Converse of object

watch: They are watching the original videotape of MULDER's regression hypnosis about Samantha.
submit: If the videotape is not of adequate audio / visual quality they may be asked to submit a further videotape within 1 month.
release: Albright said she thought concerns could be addressed by releasing a videotape of the prisoners that showed their living conditions.
find: Find a videotape of a technical presentation that you attended in person.
use: Why would a supernatural force use a videotape to select its victims?
have: Secondly, Janice Nice has a nice videotape of the entire episode with the robot.

Adjective modifier

new: Look who's back... Abu Dhabi television shows a new videotape of President Sadaam Hussein of Iraq.
digital: For several years now, a significant proportion of the operations we perform have been recorded, with appropriate consent, onto digital videotape.
mysterious: When a mysterious videotape appears with intimate images of their personal lives, things begin to crumble.

Modifies a noun

recorder: The recordings from the custody suites cannot be viewed by using a standard videotape recorder.
format: Here is a listing of all the videotape formats I have come across in my travels.
recording: Even Taylor never managed to get a videotape recording of their performances.
show: The tradition when I first arrived had been mostly to do videotape shows.
machine: VCR Similarly for the videotape machine, a variety of useful and somewhat odd ideas.
interview: To evaluate the project Stalking Histories carried out videotape interviews with audience members to assess their responses to the marketing.

Modifying Another Word

secretly: Back in the 1990s, in Greece, some JW Elders were actually arrested and convicted of secretly videotaping members and ex-members.

Noun used with modifier

Preposition: of

lesson: The participant and researcher watched the videotape of the lesson and the stimulated recall interview took place.
interview: A camera crew was filming the interview, so why didn't Van Linden simply play the unedited videotape of the interview?

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