Photograph
//ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
- 2 a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format wordnet
Verb
- 1 To take a photograph (of). intransitive, transitive
"He makes his pen drawing on white paper, and they are afterwards photographed on wood."
- 2 record on photographic film wordnet
- 3 To fix permanently in the memory etc. figuratively, transitive
"He is photographed on my mind."
- 4 undergo being photographed in a certain way wordnet
- 5 To appear in a photograph. intransitive
"She photographs well. The camera loves her."
Example
More examples"Did you have your photograph taken for the driver's license?"
Etymology
From photo- + -graph.
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