footage

CEFRB2

/ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Recorded film or video showing an event or scene.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A measurement in feet.

Examples

  • Police are scouring security footage following a robbery in the city centre.

  • Uncut footage of the governor's affair has surfaced on the Internet.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something.

More examples

In context

  • Old film footage of the moon landing

  • 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).

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The security camera captured clear blank of the incident, showing everything that happened.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From foot (unit of length) + -age. Compare typologically French métrage.