photograph

See also: Photograph

English

Etymology

From photo- +‎ -graph.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf/, [ˈfəʊ̯.tʰə̥ˌɡɹ̠ɑːf]
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/, [ˈfoʊ̯.ɾəˌɡɹ̠æf]
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Noun

photograph (plural photographs)

  2. (photography) A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
    • 2012 March, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist‎[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 February 2013, page 106:
      Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.

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Verb

photograph (third-person singular simple present photographs, present participle photographing, simple past and past participle photographed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To take a photograph (of).
    • 1891, Philip Gilbert Hamerton, The Graphic Arts: A Treatise on the Varieties of Drawing:
      He makes his pen drawing on white paper, and they are afterwards photographed on wood.
    • 2018 March 28, Melissa Gray, “Boy in viral hug photo missing after family’s car plunges off cliff”, in CNN‎[2]:
      The boy who made headlines when he was photographed hugging an officer during a 2014 protest against police brutality is missing after his family’s SUV plunged 100 feet off a coastal highway in California, officials said Wednesday.
    • 2019 February 25, Jordan Erica Webber, “Point and shoot: what's next for photography in video games?”, in The Guardian‎[3]:
      As the game worlds we explore have become more beautiful, players have become more interested in photographing them and sharing the results.
  2. (transitive, figurative) To fix permanently in the memory etc.
  3. (intransitive) To appear in a photograph.
    She photographs well. The camera loves her.
    • 2021 February 6, Rachel Monroe, “Ultra-fast Fashion Is Eating the World”, in The Atlantic‎[4], archived from the original on 17 March 2021:
      He told me that he liked Dolls Kill just fine—its clothes photographed well and he always wore them to Coachella—but attending this event was basically work for him.

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