Photograph

//ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  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."

  2. 2
    a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To take a photograph (of). intransitive, transitive

    "He makes his pen drawing on white paper, and they are afterwards photographed on wood."

  2. 2
    record on photographic film wordnet
  3. 3
    To fix permanently in the memory etc. figuratively, transitive

    "He is photographed on my mind."

  4. 4
    undergo being photographed in a certain way wordnet
  5. 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.

Related phrases

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