video camera noun : a camera that records visual images and usu. sound; especially : CAMCORDER

vid·eo·cas·sette noun 1 : a case containing videotape for use with a VCR

2 : a recording (as of a movie) on a videocassette

videocassette recorder noun : VCR

vid·eo·disc or vid·eo·disk noun 1 : OPTICAL DISK

2 : a recording (as of a movie) on a videodisc

video game noun : an electronic game played on a video screen

vid·e·o·gen·ic adjective : TELEGENIC

vid·eo·phone noun : a telephone for transmitting both audio and video signals

1videotape noun : a recording of visual images and sound made on magnetic tape; also : the magnetic tape used for such a recording

2videotape verb : to make a videotape of

videotape recorder noun : a device for recording and playing back videotapes

vie verb vied; vy·ing : to compete for superiority : CONTEND

— vi·er noun

Synonyms

battle, compete, contend, fight, race—more at COMPETE

Viet·cong noun, plural Vietcong : a guerrilla member of the Vietnamese communist movement

Viet·nam·ese noun, plural Vietnamese : a native or inhabitant of Vietnam

— Vietnamese adjective

1view noun 1 a : the act of seeing or examining

b : SURVEY

2 : a way of looking at or regarding something

3 : an opinion or judgment colored by the feeling or bias of its holder

4 : a sight (as of a landscape) regarded for its pictorial quality

5 : extent or range of vision

6 : OBJECT, PURPOSE

7 : a picture of a scene

Synonyms

[1a] cast, eye, gander, glance, glimpse, look, peek, peep, regard, sight—more at LOOK

[3] belief, conviction, eye, feeling, judgment, mind, notion, opinion, persuasion, sentiment, verdict—more at OPINION

[4] lookout, outlook, panorama, prospect, vista; also landscape, scene, scenery; ken, sight

2view verb 1 : to look at attentively : EXAMINE

2 : to perceive by the eye : SEE

3 : to examine mentally : CONSIDER

— view·er noun

view·er·ship noun : a television audience esp. with respect to size or makeup

view·find·er noun : a device on a camera for showing the view to be included in the picture

view·point noun : a position or perspective from which something is considered or evaluated : POINT OF VIEW

Synonyms

angle, outlook, perspective, point of view, slant, standpoint—more at POINT OF VIEW

vi·ges·i·mal adjective : based on the number 20

vig·il noun 1 : a religious observance formerly held on the night before a religious feast

2 : the day before a religious feast observed as a day of spiritual preparation

3 : evening or nocturnal devotions or prayers — usu. used in pl.

4 : an act or a time of keeping awake when sleep is customary; especially : WATCH 1

vig·i·lance noun : the quality or state of being vigilant

Synonyms

alertness, attentiveness, lookout, surveillance, watch; also aliveness, awareness, consciousness, sensitivity; heedfulness, observance, observation; sleeplessness, wakefulness; care, carefulness, caution; preparation, readiness

vigilance committee noun : a committee of vigilantes

vig·i·lant adjective : alertly watchful esp. to avoid danger

— vig·i·lant·ly adverb

Synonyms

alert, attentive, awake, watchful, wide-awake—more at ALERT

vig·i·lan·te noun : a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate); also : a self-appointed doer of justice

— vig·i·lan·tism noun

1vignette noun [ORIGIN: F, fr. MF vignete, fr. dim. of vigne vine]

1 : a small decorative design

2 : a picture (as an engraving or a photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding ground

3 : a short descriptive literary sketch

2vignette verb vi·gnett·ed; vi·gnett·ing 1 : to finish (as a photograph) like a vignette

2 : to describe briefly

vig·or noun 1 : active strength or energy of body or mind

2 : INTENSITY, FORCE

Synonyms

dash, drive, energy, ginger, go, hardihood, life, pep, sap, snap, vim, vitality, zing,