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video conferencing

video conferencing is the present participle and gerund of video conference.

Meaning of video conference

Verb

video conference (third-person singular simple present video conferences, present participle video conferencing, simple past and past participle video conferenced)

  1. (intransitive) To hold or take part in a video conference.
    • I video conferenced with the client this morning.
  2. (transitive) To broadcast by means of a video conference.
    • The academic meeting will be video conferenced.

See all 3 meanings of video conference

Noun

video conferencing (countable and uncountable, plural video conferencings)

  1. The act of holding of a video conference.
    • During two separate videoconferencings, Naveen sought cooperation of both the chief ministers as nearly two lakh Odias including migrant workers, students, professionals and pilgrims are stuck in both the states.2020 May 2, Sujit Kumar Bisoyi, “Naveen Patnaik discusses return plan of stranded Odias with counterparts in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh”, in The Times of India
    • Upset that district magistrates and chief development officers are being routinely involved in meetings through video conferencing because of which their other work is suffering, chief minister Yogi Adityanath has issued orders that such meetings can now only be held after 6pm on Tuesdays.2022 August 25, “Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath fixes time for departments' video conferencings to enable district magistrates to focus on work”, in The Times of India

Forms of video conferencing

Verb
alternative formvideoconferencing
alternative formvideo-conferencing
Noun
pluralvideo conferencings

Origin of video conferencing

From video conference + -ing.

Questions about video conferencing

What does video conferencing mean?
Video conferencing means the act of holding of a video conference.
What is video conferencing the present participle and gerund of?
Video conferencing is the present participle and gerund of video conference.
What part of speech is video conferencing?
Video conferencing is a noun.
What is the plural of video conferencing?
The plural of video conferencing is video conferencings.

Words near video conferencing in the dictionary

  1. video clip
  2. video clips
  3. video conference
  4. video conferenced
  5. video conferences
  6. video conferencing
  7. video conferencings
  8. video dating
  9. video description
  10. video descriptions
  11. video dial tone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: video conferencing (page history and authors); video conference (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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