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photofinishing

photofinishing

4.8
Developing and printing photos from film or digital files
  • noun
  • /ˌfoʊtoʊˈfɪnɪʃɪŋ/
translation icon : desarrollo fotográfico
  • After developing the film, they took it to a local store that specializes in photofinishing for prints.
  • photofinishing equipment

Examples

  • After recovering from a stroke (neither his first nor last), he registered for sole ownership of Pussycat Theatres, Inc., in February 1986, listing the corporation's primary service as "photofinishing laboratories" and its secondary service as "motion picture production."

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  • Many photographers rely on professional photofinishing services to ensure quality prints of their work.

  • The new online platform offers convenient photofinishing options for users to retrieve their digital photos.

How Finished

photofinishing
4.8
printing
31 1.0
developing
  • Specialized
1 5.7

Surface Forms

photofinishing singular
photofinishings plural

Morphology

photofinishing = photo + finishing (semi-transparent) = photo + finish + ing

The compound photo + finishing clearly points to the process of finishing photographs, even though the full sense is specialized to a photographic business.

Etymology

Photofinishing joins photo- and finish, where photo- means 'light', as in photo or photograph, and finish means 'to complete'. So photofinishing is the process of completing pictures — developing film or turning digital files into finished photos.