livestream

Also stream
Or live stream

[lahyv-streem]

verb (used with object)

1. Sometimes live-stream to transmit or receive (video of an event, especially with commentary) on the internet while the event is taking place.

   Players were livestreaming walk-throughs of the video game before its official release date.

noun

1. a video of an event, especially with commentary, distributed on the internet while the event is taking place.

   The livestream of the debate will be annotated by fact-checkers.

livestream

/ ˈlaɪvˌstriːm /

verb

1. to broadcast (an event) on the internet as it happens

noun

1. a live broadcast of an event on the internet

Word History and Origins

Origin of livestream¹

First recorded in 2010–15; live ² (in the sense “not taped, happening now”) + stream (in the sense “data flow”)

Example Sentences

A young eagle with several similarities to Gizmo hunkered down last Wednesday night on the couple’s favorite roost tree and was still hanging around the following morning, according to Friends of Big Bear Valley, a nonprofit that operates the livestream.

From Los Angeles Times

She posted a livestream of what appears to be her arrest on her Telegram page on Wednesday.

From BBC

In her livestream footage, Ms Didulo says she is not resisting arrest and asks officers if she can take a moment to shut off her phone.

From BBC

The unguarded moment was captured on a livestream carried by Chinese state TV as the two leaders and North Korea's Kim Jong Un walked together through China's historic Tiananmen Square.

From BBC

The streaming platform Kick has accused French authorities of politicising the death of a content creator who passed away during a livestream.

From BBC