noun phrase · informal
video call
UK/ˈvɪd.i.əʊ kɔːl/US/ˈvɪd.i.oʊ kɔːl/VID·e·o CALL
Band 5-6speakingtask2
A phone call with video so participants can see each other online.
Examples
“We had a video call with Grandma on Sunday.”
“Many job interviews are now done by video call.”
“Can you join the video call at 7 pm?”
Band 8 sentence
“Because of remote work, I now have at least two video calls a day for team updates.”
Collocations
- have a video call
- join a video call
Word family
video noun / adjectivecall noun / verbvideo-call hyphenated noun
Common mistakes
make a video calling→make a video call
video phone→video call
Say it for a higher band
5call someone on video→6join a video conference→7+video call
Synonyms
video conference
Easily confused
phone call
“I phoned my friend last night for a quick phone call.”
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