footage
noun
foot·age
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Definition of footage
: length or quantity expressed in feet: such as
a
: board feet
b
: the total number of running feet of motion-picture film used (as for a scene or subject)
also
: the material contained on such footage
Examples of footage in a Sentence
Some disturbing footage of the war was shown on the evening news.
Recent Examples on the Web
While the footage is worrisome, Massachusetts State Police told CBS Boston there's no law against falling asleep behind the wheel of a self-driving car. — Christopher Brito, CBS News, "Disturbing video shows driver apparently asleep in moving Tesla on highway," 9 Sep. 2019 Good Times’ probably loses points for inane lyrics, but the old film footage of the band doing this song has rock screamer lead vocalist Stevie Wright doing a flying knee drop at the right time. — Mike Oliver | [email protected], al, "Hi I’m Louie. Are you Lewy? A proposal for a Disney duck," 7 Sep. 2019 Neukirch said city officials would be obligated to review potential violations, assess the footage and determine whether citations should be issued. — Karen Berkowitz, chicagotribune.com, "District 112 proposes adding cameras on school buses to discourage drivers from illegally passing," 7 Sep. 2019 The footage was full of life: in Java, thousands of tiny translucent sea cucumbers grazed in the sand like cattle. — The Economist, "The last of the great explorers," 6 Sep. 2019 One person can be seen on the footage rummaging through one of the cars. — La Cañada Valley Sun, "Crime Report: 2 Highland Drive homes ransacked the same day," 4 Sep. 2019 The all-new, unreleased footage will be screen exclusively on his Bucket List tour. — Taylor Mims, Billboard, "'Jackass' Alum Steve-O Signs With ICM Partners," 4 Sep. 2019 WESH-Channel 2 anchor Jim Payne said the Bahamas footage recalled Hurricane Andrew, which smashed South Florida in 1992. — Hal Boedeker, orlandosentinel.com, "Hurricane Dorian: We could have been the Bahamas," 3 Sep. 2019 Nowak posted the footage to Twitter, which showed the animal calmly sitting near the front of the plane. — Fox News, "Miniature horse spotted by amused passenger on American Airlines flight," 2 Sep. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'footage.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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footage
noun
English Language Learners Definition of footage
: scenes or action recorded on film or video
: the size of something measured in feet
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