facetime

1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of face time.

present singular third person facetimes · participle present facetiming · participle past facetimed · past facetimed

1. Alternative letter-case form of FaceTime.

   “I am facetiming him right now, so he heard that.” Taylor said. “Why do you hate me?” Mitch asked through Taylor's iPod and into my phone. “Whatever.” I replied and hung up.

   2015, Ian Schrauth, Vacillating Brown and Black, page 33

alternative facetime

1. A videotelephony software developed by Apple Inc., introduced in 2010.

   Like many people, in the pandemic, my life digitized. My work shifted online; my friendships retreated onto FaceTime and WhatsApp; I used a dating app for the first time; I started doing online yoga.

   2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2022

present singular third person FaceTimes · participle present FaceTiming · participle present FaceTime-ing · participle present FaceTime'ing · participle past FaceTimed · past FaceTimed · participle past FaceTime'd · past FaceTime'd · participle past FaceTime'ed · past FaceTime'ed · alternative facetime

1. ambitransitiveinformalTo communicate with somebody using the FaceTime videotelephony software.

   As I gazed into my father’s eyes, willing the right words, Lidia stepped out onto the balcony, handing me an iPad where Renata was FaceTime’ing.

   2021 January 4, Love Belvin, Our Reckless Hope, MKT Publishing, LLC, →ISBN

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   I gritted through a smile, grateful we weren’t Skyping or FaceTime-ing or any other electronic face messaging that was available. It was bad enough he had to hear me stumble through our phone call. I didn’t need him to see my embarrassment as well.

   2014, Jean Hovey, Stephanie Jones, Tidings of Love: 7 Holiday Romance Novellas, Crimson Romance, →ISBN

   Our children are FaceTime’ing their way through Roblox playdates, they’re texting grandma and grandpa, they’re watching YouTube instead of TV, and they’re begging for too-adult apps like Snapchat – so they can play with the face filters – and Musical.ly, which has a lot of inappropriate content.

   2018 April 27, Sarah Perez, “Facebook’s Messenger Kids’ app gains a ‘sleep mode’”, in TechCrunch, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2021

   ON WHAT HE [Uros Plavsic] MISSES ABOUT SERBIA “Obviously my family. Food, my friends. But technology today works so good for me. Like, FaceTime’ing everybody every makes it amazing."

   2019 October 13, Grant Ramey, “Hoops Q&A: Getting to know new Vols big man Uros Plavsic”, in 247Sports, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2026

   "One night I was FaceTime'ing my girlfriend Jamie, and she told me that her school senior prom might be canceled.[…]," he [Josiah “JT” Duenas] recalled.

   2020 April 10, Joan Aguon Charfauros, “Guam native's YouTube video rallies peers to donate school funds to help those in need”, in KUAM, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2023

   As for relating to each other, we’d texted and FaceTime’d each other throughout the day every day, providing emotional support, sharing memes and links to articles, and minimizing our sense of detachment and isolation.

   2020 July 15, Mike Lauterborn, Pandemonium, AuthorHouse, →ISBN

2. ambitransitiveinformalTo communicate with somebody using any form of video telephony software.