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footage

[ foo t-ij ]

/ ˈfʊt ɪdʒ /

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noun

length or extent in feet: the footage of lumber.

Mining.

payment by the running foot of work done.
the amount so paid.

a motion-picture scene or scenes: newsreel footage; jungle footage.

Origin of footage

First recorded in 1890–95; foot + -age

OTHER WORDS FROM footage

un·der·foot·age, noun

Words nearby footage

foot-pound, foot-pound-second, foot-pound-second system, foot-poundal, foot-ton, footage, footbag, football, footballer, footbath, footboard

Example sentences from the Web for footage

Other footage shows him fleeing, keeping to a quick walk, jogging briefly, then walking again as he heads for a subway station.

Exclusive: Inside a Cop-Killer’s Final Hours |Michael Daly |December 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
They were found guilty of practicing habitual debauchery and inciting others to sexual deviance because of the footage.

Sisi Is Persecuting, Prosecuting, and Publicly Shaming Egypt’s Gays |Bel Trew |December 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The cooperation with the Klezmatics was inspired, as the footage is silent.

In Hands of Hungarian Artist, Jewish Home Movies of the ’30s a Warning of Coming Holocaust |Daniel Genis |October 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He told a local newspaper that the footage of him had been taken out of context.

The Secret Money Buying Wisconsin’s Laws |ProPublica |October 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

And yet the voices we hear over the footage of school closures lament the potential loss of … football.

Two New Films Preach Our Nation’s Corrosive Gridiron Gospel |Steve Almond |September 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
You'd have to set them in a hole and that takes away some footage.

Project Mastodon |Clifford Donald Simak
I got some footage of the tugs grappling the ship, which was now completely weightless, and pulling her down.

Four-Day Planet |Henry Beam Piper
I cut back to Carrie Johnstone, the footage of her sitting at the board table with Rooney, laughing.

Little Brother |Cory Doctorow
In fact, they called her a "reel hog" and a "glutton for footage."

We Can't Have Everything |Rupert Hughes
They might not fit in with the present picture but he knew some day the footage would come in handy.

Janet Hardy in Radio City |Ruthe S. Wheeler

British Dictionary definitions for footage

footage

/ (ˈfʊtɪdʒ) /

noun

a length or distance measured in feet

the extent of film material shot and exposed
the sequences of filmed material

payment, by the linear foot of work done
the amount paid