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photograph

//ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for photograph

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Forms

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
photographs

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
photograph
past (v2)
photographed
past participle (v3)
photographed
present participle
photographing
3rd person singular
photographs

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 1.A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.

    • The hundredodd pages of photographs provide superb iconography of artistic collaboration and its rewards.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.To fix permanently in the memory etc.

    • He is photographed on my mind.
    • The scene and its surroundings were photographed on my memory.
  2. 2.To take a photograph (of).

    • He makes his pen drawing on white paper, and they are afterwards photographed on wood.
    • As the game worlds we explore have become more beautiful, players have become more interested in photographing them and sharing the results.
  3. 3.To appear in a photograph.

    • She photographs well. The camera loves her.
    • He told me that he liked Dolls Kill just fine, its clothes photographed well and he always wore them to Coachella, but attending this event was basically work for him.

Frequency

Overall

Common· #1146

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Common
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Related words

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os

Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos

Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos)

Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs)

Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der.

English photo-

Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ-

Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō

Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō)

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