photograph
/'foutəgrɑ:f/
Definition
Noun:
- A picture or image created by using a camera to capture light on a light-sensitive surface, such as film or a digital sensor. It is a visual record of a person, scene, or object.
Verb:
- To take a photograph of someone or something using a camera.
- (Intransitive) To appear in a particular way when photographed; to be suitable for being photographed.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- She keeps an old photograph of her grandparents on the mantelpiece.
- The museum displayed a historic photograph of the city from 1900.
Verb (Transitive):
- He photographed the beautiful sunset over the ocean.
- A journalist photographed the celebrity leaving the restaurant.
Verb (Intransitive):
- Some people photograph better in natural light.
- This model really photographs well; every picture looks stunning.
Advanced Usage
- "To have one's photograph taken": To pose for a photograph to be taken by someone else.
- We went to a studio to have our photograph taken for the wedding announcement.
Variants and Related Words
Photography (n): The art, process, or practice of creating photographs.
- She studied photography at university.
Photographer (n): A person who takes photographs, especially as a job.
- The magazine hired a famous photographer for the cover shoot.
Photographic (adj): Relating to or used in photography; resembling a photograph in detail.
- He has a photographic memory for faces.
Synonyms
- Picture (n): A general term for a representation of someone or something through drawing, painting, or photography.
- Photo (n): An informal, shortened form of "photograph."
- Snapshot (n): A casual photograph taken quickly.
- Take a picture (v): A common phrase meaning to photograph.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Phrases
- Photograph well/badly: To look good or bad in photographs.
- The actor is known to photograph very well, even without makeup.
Related Idioms
- A picture is worth a thousand words: This saying, often applied to photographs, suggests that a single image can convey a complex idea more effectively than a description.
Noun
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a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
Verb
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undergo being photographed in a certain way
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Children photograph well
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record on photographic film
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I photographed the scene of the accident
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She snapped a picture of the President
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