footage

noun

foot·​age ˈfu̇-tij How to pronounce footage (audio)
1
: recorded video material
A camerawoman from Channel 12 shows up to grab some footage for the evening news.Bari Walsh
Video footage posted online shows him daring an audience member to fight …Latifah Muhammad
Ramsay uses security footage from inside and outside of the brownstone to detail Joe's actions.Kyle Turner
The documentary series that presents archival images and film footage in color continues, this week focusing on memorable events from the 1940s.Kristi Turnquist
2
: length or quantity expressed in feet: such as
b
: the total number of running feet of motion-picture film used (as for a scene or subject)
The people of Hiroshima had a fund-raising campaign to purchase footage from films taken by American photographers …. They calculated they could purchase ten feet of footage for one thousand yen …Ruth Ann Keyso and Masahide Ota

Examples of footage in a Sentence

Some disturbing footage of the war was shown on the evening news.
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The Houthis, who said the attack killed at least 74 people and wounded 171 others, aired footage of the aftermath on their al-Masirah satellite news channel. Arkansas Online, 19 Apr. 2025 Volunteer to catalogue trail camera footage from home with the Marin Wildlife Watch or send cloud observations to NASA satellites with the NASA GLOBE program. Brooke Kasl-Godley, Mercury News, 18 Apr. 2025 The owner of a tabby cat named Milo shared footage of the feline's hilarious attempts at taking down a spider that have left internet users in stitches. Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025 The footage then shows Harris attacking Thomas from behind, throwing her to the ground, shooting her and driving away, according to court documents. Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for footage

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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The first known use of footage was in 1842

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“Footage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/footage. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

footage

noun
foot·​age
ˈfu̇-tij
1
: length measured in feet
2
: scenes or action recorded on film or video

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