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The definition of a photograph is an image generally taken with a camera.

(noun)

An example of a photograph is a picture from a wedding.

To photograph is defined as to take a picture with a camera.

(verb)

An example of to photograph is to use a camera to take pictures at a birthday party.

See photograph in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

an image or picture made by photography

Origin: photo- + -graph

transitive verb

to take a photograph of
to film ()

intransitive verb

to take photographs
to appear (as specified) in photographs: to photograph well

See photograph in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An image, especially a positive print, recorded by a camera and reproduced on a photosensitive surface.

verb pho·to·graphed, pho·to·graph·ing, pho·to·graphs

verb, transitive

To take a photograph of.

verb, intransitive

To practice photography.
To be the subject for photographs: She photographs well.

Related Forms:

phoˈto·graphˌa·ble adjective

pho·togˈra·pher (fə-tŏgˈrə-fər) noun

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