livestream

See also: live stream and live-stream

English

Etymology

live +‎ stream

Verb

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.

Alternative forms

• live-stream, live stream

Translations

broadcast as a live stream

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 直播 (zh) (zhíbō)

• Dutch: livestreamen
• Finnish: striimata (fi), suoralähettää, lähettää verkkoon, suoranauhoittaa
• French: livestream (fr) m
• Hungarian: élőben közvetít
• Spanish: (Spain) emitir en directo, retransmitir en directo, hacer directo, (Latin America) transmitir en vivo

Noun

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English live stream.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯v.striːm/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: live‧stream

Noun

livestream m (plural livestreams)

1. A live stream.

Related terms

• livestreamen
• stream