Words / B1

FUT-ij/ˈfʊtɪdʒ/

Footage is video of a real event: CCTV footage; news footage; footage of the protest. Uncountable: not “a footage”. Film can mean a whole movie; clip is a short piece; footage stresses raw or news pictures. Foot as a body part is unrelated in meaning. Do not write “the footages show” — footage shows / the footage shows.

Meaning

Film or video of an event, especially in the news.

Examples

• “Police released footage of the stolen van on the high street.”
• “CCTV footage helped the police identify the stolen bicycle.”
• “News channels repeated the same footage of the flood all evening.”

Good to know

CCTV / news footage (uncountable). Short piece: clip. Whole movie: film. Not “a footage” / “footages”.

Near in meaning

clip

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