photograph

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photograph

She carefully placed the old photograph in a new frame.

Definition

  1. 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.

  2. 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.
photograph

She carefully placed the old photograph in a new frame.

Noun
  1. 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
  1. undergo being photographed in a certain way
    • Children photograph well
  2. record on photographic film
    • I photographed the scene of the accident
    • She snapped a picture of the President

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