videoconferencing

noun

vid·eo·con·fer·enc·ing ˌvi-dē-ō-ˈkän-f(ə-)rən(t)-siŋ

-fərn(t)-

: the holding of a conference among people at remote locations by means of transmitted audio and video signals

videoconference

ˌvi-dē-ō-ˈkän-f(ə-)rən(t)s

-fərn(t)s

noun

Examples of videoconferencing in a Sentence

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Memberships also include a free how-to library, videoconferencing tools, online shopping guides, and a downloadable tablet comparison sheet. —

Lawrence Forbes, WIRED, 21 Sep. 2024 That practice can be particularly hard to carry out over Amazon’s videoconferencing software, called Chime, Garman said. —

Annie Palmer, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024 While remote work has become popular and, with it, videoconferencing meetings, even traditional in-person teams can suffer from meeting fatigue. —

Raquel Gomes, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024 Zoom, the pandemic-era videoconferencing darling that remains a household name, conducts a quarterly check-in among each member of its workforce, Saxon said. —

Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 8 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for videoconferencing

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of videoconferencing was in 1967

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“Videoconferencing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/videoconferencing. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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