Meaning & use
streaming services
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Meaning
nounplural
Companies or apps that let you watch or listen to media over the internet without downloading files.
Grammar: Plural: use with a plural verb, e.g. 'streaming services are popular'. For one, say 'a streaming service'.
Patterns
- use streaming services
- subscribe to streaming services
- streaming services offer something
Many people now use streaming services instead of cable TV.
The number of streaming services has grown quickly in recent years.
She subscribes to three streaming services but rarely watches them all.
Word forms
| singular | streaming service |
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Common combinations
- subscribe to streaming services
- They subscribe to several streaming services for movies and music.
- popular streaming services
- Popular streaming services often produce their own original shows.
- cancel a streaming service
- He decided to cancel a streaming service to save money.
Synonyms and how they differ
- on-demand platforms
- A broader term that includes streaming services but also other media you can access anytime.
Word family
- stream verb
- To play or watch media directly over the internet.
Commonly confused: streaming services or streaming?
streaming services vs streaming
Streaming is the activity or technology; streaming services are the companies or apps that provide it.
Practice
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
Choose one answer.
'Streaming services' is plural, so it takes 'are'. 'Streaming services is' is wrong because the subject is plural; 'a streaming services' mixes singular and plural; 'streaming service are' has a singular subject with a plural verb.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “streaming services”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.