snapshot Definition
snap·shot (snap′s̸hät′)
noun
- a hurried shot fired with little or no aim
- an informal photograph, usually intended for private use, taken with a small camera
snapshot Synonyms
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.
Browse dictionary entries near snapshot
- ‹ snappy
- ‹ snappish
- ‹ snapping turtle
- ‹ snapping beetle
- ‹ snapper
- ‹ snapdragon
- ‹ snapback
- ‹ snap roll
- ‹ snap out of it
- ‹ snap one's fingers at
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