videoconferencing

noun

vid·​eo·​con·​fer·​enc·​ing ˌvi-dē-ō-ˈkän-f(ə-)rən(t)-siŋ How to pronounce videoconferencing (audio)
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: the holding of a conference among people at remote locations by means of transmitted audio and video signals
videoconference noun

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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 The priorities are among the two most important factors to people’s work lives, even above things like having solid benefits, growth opportunities and work friends, according to a recent survey from Owl Labs, which makes videoconferencing technology. Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for videoconferencing 

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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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 5 Nov. 2024.

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