What does "instagram" mean?
A user's profile or account on this service.
/ɪɳsʈɑ.ɡram/ name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A user's profile or account on this service.
- Grammar: instagram is listed as name, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: content item, image post, image sharing service, online content platform.
- Useful contrasts: analog service, deletion, offline platform.
- Usage evidence: I promise I'll follow you on Instagram.
How to use "instagram"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A user's profile or account on this service.
"Have you seen her Instagram lately?"
- 2 A photograph or video shared on this service.
"I saw one of her Instagrams last week, but I haven't talked to her since then."
Verb
- 1 To use the social networking service Instagram. intransitive
"The thinking goes that if the modern audience watches TV on laptops, while Instagramming and checking emails at the same time, why would contemporary artists ignore that and insist on trapping them in a silent black box for an hour?"
- 2 To post an image or video to Instagram. ambitransitive
"Her mother cried when she answered / Said she don't know what got inside this child's mind, she planted / A box of condoms on her dresser then she Instagrammed it."
- 3 To digitally manipulate a photograph using filter effects. ambitransitive
"To illustrate, I used B-roll of photos on the iPhone that were being “Instagrammed” (Figure 8.6) with fun filters along with screen captures of Instragram's No. 1 ranking in the iTunes App Store and the Apple website touting the iPhone 4S."
Proper Noun
- 1 An online photo- and video-sharing social networking service, originally designed to mimic old-fashioned instant cameras. Internet
"Megan has 53 posts, follows all her followers and has 41.7k followers on Instagram."
Synonyms
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Example
"I promise I'll follow you on Instagram."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "instagram"?
Common synonyms include: content item, image post, image sharing service, online content platform, photo sharing platform, posting.
How do you use "instagram" in a sentence?
I promise I'll follow you on Instagram.
How do you pronounce "instagram"?
Pronounced /ɪɳsʈɑ.ɡram/.
Etymology
Trade name. Blend of instant + telegram. By surface analysis, insta- + -gram.