English

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Etymology

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From live +‎ stream.

Verb

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livestream (third-person singular simple present livestreams, present participle livestreaming, simple past and past participle livestreamed)

  1. (transitive) To broadcast as a live stream.
    Synonym: stream
  2. (transitive) To receive and watch as a live stream.
    I'm planning to livestream the football game this weekend.

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Noun

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livestream (plural livestreams)

  1. Alternative form of live stream.
    • 2018 July 12, Nuala Sawyer, “City Cracks Down on Graffiti Artists”, in SF Weekly, volume 37, number 29, San Francisco, Calif., page 10, column 1:
      He was arrested in March after an Instagram-savvy follower recognized the location of his livestream and called the cops, and Ross now faces 29 felony charges of vandalism.
    • 2021 December 10, Kellen Browning, Julie Creswell, “Mad scramble for video game consoles is a cottage industry”, in Hartford Courant, volume CLXXXV, Hartford, Conn., page 11, column 4:
      A few seconds before noon on a Monday, Jake Randall began encouraging people watching his livestream on YouTube to start refreshing Walmart’s website on their computers.
    • 2023 September 4, “Britney & Sam: It’s over!”, in In Touch Weekly, volume 22, number 36, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., page 23:
      In November, she expressed irritation with Sam, 29, in an awkward exchange on his livestream.

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English live stream.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑi̯v.striːm/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: live‧stream

Noun

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livestream m (plural livestreams)

  1. a live stream
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