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snapshot Definition

snap·shot (snaps̸hät′)

noun

  1. a hurried shot fired with little or no aim
  2. an informal photograph, usually intended for private use, taken with a small camera

snapshot Synonyms

snapshot

n.

snap, candid camera shot, action shot; see photograph, picture 2, 3.

snapshot Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • evolution: A snapshot of evolution, Penarth retains its old features and embraces the new.
  • situation: This gives a total of five snapshots of the situation at various stages of their upper secondary school studies.
  • life: A snapshot of life looked at through a different lens.
  • opinion: We will collect the choices you make - anonymously - and publish them at some stage as a snapshot of opinion from our readers.

Converse of object

  • provide: The data shown is the snapshot provided by the May 2005 General Election.
  • capture: This ensured that no matter how long the team took to respond we would be uniformly capturing a snapshot in time.
  • take: Take a snapshot of your room to the store with you.
  • represent: The unemployment ratio represents a snapshot of the position of the labor market at a given point in time.
  • save: On 13 minutes, a jinking run from Scott Dundas saw his snapshot well saved by Mountain in the Newport goal.
  • give: The 1841 census gives the first snapshot of everyone living in England.

Adjective modifier

  • instantaneous: Instantaneous snapshot during the interaction of incoming wake with gas turbine blade showing dynamically adapted mesh & turbulence kinetic energy distribution.
  • vivid: I also really enjoyed studying Pompeii, which offers a vivid snapshot of Roman life.
  • fascinating: Some of the report's statistics reveal a fascinating snapshot of life in Horsham today.
  • instant: The sorting power of Cruncher allows you to find words by suffix - an instant snapshot of all the verbs in Macbeth!
  • quick: Just take a quick snapshot from some of the more famous ones.
  • brief: This section provides a brief snapshot of threat information reported by various provinces.

Modifies a noun

  • replication: Snapshot replication tends to be used with smallish data sets that are relatively static.
  • survey: Last autumn I conducted an anonymous snapshot survey to see how HIV patients in Brighton felt about using their GP.

Noun used with modifier

  • cross-section: However are not march cross-section snapshot population with less retention of eligible.
  • march: However are not march cross-section snapshot population with less retention of eligible.

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