vid·eo·tape
ˈvi-dē-ō-ˌtāp 
: a recording of visual images and sound (as of a television production) made on magnetic tape
also
: the magnetic tape used for such a recording
videotaped; videotaping; videotapes
: to make a videotape of
videotape a show
Examples of videotape in a Sentence
Noun
I watched the movie on videotape.
watched a videotape of her daughter's first ballet recital
Verb
They videotaped the baby's first steps.
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Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
Those videotapes, along with other digital videos, photographs and papers, are now part of the Castellano Family Collection held by the San Jose State University Library and the San Jose Public Library at the MLK Jr. Main Library downtown.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Michigan, according to Flood and his team, is currently the only state that has a policy to videotape strip-searches.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
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Noun
Michigan is currently the only state that has a policy to videotape strip searches.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
Those videotapes, along with other digital videos, photographs and papers, are now part of the Castellano Family Collection held by the San Jose State University Library and the San Jose Public Library at the MLK Jr. Main Library downtown.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
Verb
But Chadwick doubts researchers will be fortunate enough to videotape Axial Seamount’s eruption.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Michigan, according to Flood and his team, is currently the only state that has a policy to videotape strip-searches.
—Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
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“Videotape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/videotape. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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videotape
1 of 2 noun
vid·eo·tape
ˈvid-ē-ō-ˌtāp
: a recording of visual images and sound (as of a television production) made on magnetic tape
also
: the magnetic tape used for such a recording
videotape
2 of 2 verb
: to make a videotape of
videotape a show
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