noun

photograph

FOH-tuh-grahf

noun

An image captured using a camera.

"He kept an old photograph of his parents on the wedding day."

verb

To take a picture of someone or something with a camera.

"She photographed the eclipse through a special filter."

How to Use Photograph

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA picture taken with a camera, or the act of taking one.

Common pairings

take a photograph photograph someone

photographed past tense, photographs plural, photographs singular

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He kept an old _____ of his parents on the wedding day.

From "photo-" ("light") plus "-graph" ("writing" or "drawing"), literally "drawing with light."

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