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photograph definition

photo·graph (fōt′ə graf′)

noun

an image or picture made by photography

Etymology: photo- + -graph

transitive verb

  1. to take a photograph of
  2. to film ()

intransitive verb

  1. to take photographs
  2. to appear (as specified) in photographs to photograph well

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photograph Synonyms

photograph

n.

photo, print, portrait, image, likeness, Kodachrome (trademark), snapshot, Kodak (trademark), photogram, microcopy, microfilm, bibliofilm, tactical photograph, photomicrogram, photomicrograph, radiograph, photomontage, photomural, snap*, shot*, pic*, close-up*, candid photo*; see also picture 2, 3.


photograph

v.

take a picture, get a likeness, film, copy, reproduce, illustrate, make an exposure, make a picture, catch a likeness, get a film, make a moving picture of, microfilm, photogram, snap*, shoot*, get a close-up*; see also record 3.


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photograph Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • accompany: The fee for a replacement badge is £ 2.50 and will require to be accompanied by two passport photographs.

Converse of object

  • take: Don't forget to have your photographs taken in good time for the 2007 number!

Adjective modifier

  • aerial: It also offers aerial photographs of any location in Britain.

Modifies a noun

  • courtesy: Photograph courtesy of Pat Salmon The School, Mole Hill Green This scene of Mole Hill Green School dates from around 1930.

Noun used with modifier

  • passport: You will also need to provide a new passport style photograph.
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photograph quotes

It's easier to get a photograph of the Pope in the shower than a picture of her.

-Anonymous

(The photograph was taken the day after I drowned. I am in the lake, in the center of the picture, just under the surface.)

-Atwood, Margaret Eleanor

My life was a strange one that summer, the last summer of its kind there was ever to be. I was riding high on sex and self-esteemöit was my time, my belle e¤  poqueö but allthewhilewith a faintflickerofcalamity, likeflames around a photograph, something seen out of the corner of the eye.

-Hollinghurst, Alan

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