photo
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈfoʊtoʊ/
:
foto
- I want you to click a photo of the person, right?
- color photo
- black-and-white photo
- photo album
If you Google hair transplant photos, it looks terrifying.
- If you Google hair transplant photos, it looks terrifying.
- Wait, look at the photo from when you were three months old.
- Trump has been running around with this photo for at least a month.
Examples
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Can you tell me what's happening in this photo?
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Consider a project in which students can tie historical photos to Google Maps.
Academic text (2011) -
What are you feeling and thinking about this photo, about this woman?
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That means that you win a photo of your favorite memory.
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Why do you have this photo out?
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How many photos did you take this morning?
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Can you explain this photo?
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Sir, we need your photo ID, please.
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So we have these incredible photos from your trip to Antarctica.
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I took a beautiful photo of the sunset at the beach.
Synonyms
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An image like a drawing or photograph that shows something
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A picture showing a person or thing
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1.4
A picture taken with a camera of a person, place, or thing
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1.3
A photo printed on paper from a negative or digital file
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6.8
A photo made with a camera or phone
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A picture on paper made from a camera or digital file
Compounds
- Literature
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3.6
A planned event arranged so people take pictures that make someone look good
- Literature
14
3.9
An event set up for taking pictures to make people look good in public
- Specialized
A way of printing that uses plates made from photographs to copy pictures and text
- Specialized
A printing method that uses a metal plate and a rubber sheet to print images on paper
How Big
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- Specialized
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3.1
- Texting
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3.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word photo comes from the Greek root photo- meaning 'light'. A helpful way to remember this is that a photograph is like 'writing with light', so a photo is simply a picture made by capturing light with a camera.