noun
photo
FOH-toh
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 notesIn 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").