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noun

photo

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noun
1
A picture taken with a camera or phone.
"She took a photo of the sunset over the bay."
"Can you send me that photo from last night?"
verb
1
To take a photograph of someone or something.
"They photoed the whole team before the match."

How to Use Photo

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishThe everyday, shortened word for "photograph."

Common pairings
take a photo photo album profile photo

Word Forms

photoed past tense, photos plural, photos singular

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Etymology

A clipped form of "photograph," itself from Greek photo- ("light") plus -graph ("writing" or "recording").

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