photograph (verb)

  • 1photograph — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} (also photo) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ old, recent ▪ early, vintage ▪ black and white, colour/color, sepia …

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  • 2photograph — ► NOUN ▪ a picture made with a camera, in which an image is focused on to film and then made visible and permanent by chemical treatment. ► VERB ▪ take a photograph of. DERIVATIVES photographer noun photographic adjective …

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  • 3photograph — (n.) 1839, picture obtained by photography, coined by Sir John Herschel from PHOTO (Cf. photo ) + GRAPH (Cf. graph) instrument for recording. It won out over other suggestions, such as photogene and heliograph. Neo Anglo Saxonists prefer sunprint …

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  • 4photograph — I. noun Date: 1839 a picture or likeness obtained by photography II. verb Date: 1839 transitive verb to take a photograph of intransitive verb 1. to take a photograph 2. to appear as an image in a photograph < an actress who …

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  • 5photograph — I UK [ˈfəʊtəˌɡrɑːf] / US [ˈfoʊtəˌɡræf] noun [countable] Word forms photograph : singular photograph plural photographs *** a picture of something that you make with a camera. In spoken language people usually say photo photograph of: Do you have&#8230; …

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  • 6photograph — 1 also photo informal noun (C) a picture obtained by using a camera and film that is sensitive to light: a passport photograph | wedding photographs | an old black and white photograph of the city | take a photograph: Visitors are not allowed to&#8230; …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 7photograph — pho|to|graph1 [ foutə,græf ] noun count *** a picture of something that you make with a camera. In spoken language people usually say photo: take a photograph: We took lots of photographs on vacation. photograph of: Do you have a photograph of&#8230; …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 8photograph — [[t]fo͟ʊtəgrɑːf, græf[/t]] ♦♦ photographs, photographing, photographed 1) N COUNT A photograph is a picture that is made using a camera. He wants to take some photographs of the house... Her photograph appeared on the front page of The New York&#8230; …

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  • 9photograph — /ˈfoʊtəgræf / (say fohtuhgraf), / graf/ (say grahf) noun 1. a picture produced by photography. –verb (t) 2. to take a photograph of. –verb (i) 3. to practise photography …

  • 10photograph*/*/*/ — [ˈfəʊtəˌgrɑːf] noun [C] I a picture of something that you make with a camera black and white photographs[/ex] These are photographs of the Earth, taken from space.[/ex] We took lots of photographs on holiday.[/ex] II verb [T] photograph&#8230; …

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