footage
/ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.31 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The footage we shot at the riot yesterday got ruined."
- "The footage of this scene has been re-used in several later films where a good, convincing train smash was required, notably in "Seven Sinners" (1937)."
- "The weaponry at their disposal was said and shown in numerous video footages to be mainly small arms and anti-tank rocket launchers, etc.—the 'classical' arms of the guerrilla."
- "“The footages were sick and sickening – portraying adults engaging in sexual acts with each other and performing sexual acts on infants and children, in addition to physically abusing them,” the lawsuit said, adding that Zoom admitted the hacker was a “known serial offender” who had been reported “multiple times to the authorities.”"
- "The sheriff’s office released a compilation of bodycam footage Friday from deputies at the scene that shows them handcuffing Earl and pinning him down for more than 20 minutes as he struggles and repeatedly shouts for help."
- "[…]more and more contractors are buying Southern pine in greater footages per order."
Etymology
From foot (unit of length) + -age. Video footage is so called because movie film and television tape was measured in feet. The same term is still applied by analogy to digital videos which are stored on hard drives or microchips. Compare typologically French métrage.