/ˈfʊtɪdʒ/
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Translation
Film or video of an event, especially video shown on the news.
Word origin
From foot, the unit of length, plus -age; early cinema film was measured and sold by the foot.
- Origin
- English
- Root
- foot
Examples
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"Footage" is the video that was filmed of the storm.
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The footage is what the camera recorded.
1950.
"Footage" has no plural; you say some footage, not footages.
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