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English
Etymology
From live + stream.
Verb
livestream (third-person singular simple present livestreams, present participle livestreaming, simple past and past participle livestreamed)
- (transitive) To broadcast as a live stream.
- Synonym: stream
- (transitive) To receive and watch as a live stream.
I'm planning to livestream the football game this weekend.
Translations
broadcast as a live stream
Noun
livestream (plural livestreams)
- 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
Etymology
Borrowed from English live stream.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑi̯v.striːm/
- Hyphenation: live‧stream
Noun
livestream m (plural livestreams)
- a live stream