footage English · revision 6081

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1892}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈfʊt.ɪdʒ/, US /ˈfʊt̬.ɪdʒ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[foot]], as a measure of length, and the suffix [[-age]].^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In mining, a piecework system of paying miners by the running foot of work done: 1892 in the OED,^(OED 1989) and MWU dates its first known use to the same year.^(MWU 2024) The SOED also has the amount paid or mined in this way.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The length in feet of cinema film used in a scene or for a subject is from 1916,^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) from which footage came to mean the filmed material itself, the shots or sequences of a subject,^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)^(SOED 2002) and then television film and video too.^(OED 1989)^(AHD) A length or area measured in feet, as of a house, is another general use.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1892 – payment of miners by the foot.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1916 – the length of film used.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Recorded [[film]] or [[video]] material, especially of a particular event or subject.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Length or extent measured in feet.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(mining)'' Payment by the linear foot of work done, or the amount paid.^(Collins 2023)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[file footage]]

+ * [[stock footage]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[foot]]

+ * [[acreage]]

+ * [[mileage]]

+ * [[tonnage]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}