Meaning & use

photograph

noun·Everyday

A picture produced by a camera that captures light to record an image.

See it in a sentence

She took a photograph of the sunset over the mountains.

The old photograph showed her grandparents standing outside their first house.

A note on using this word

As a verb, 'photograph' means to take a picture of someone or something, as in 'photograph the wedding'.

Words with a similar meaning

photopicture

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Another way to use it

2. verb

To take a picture of a person, object, or scene using a camera.

The tourists stopped to photograph the waterfall from every angle.

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