photograph

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[edit] English

Four photographs in an album

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From Ancient Greek φωτός (photos), light) + γράφειν (graphein), write)

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Singular
photograph

Plural
photographs

photograph (plural photographs)

  1. A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.

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Infinitive
to photograph

Third person singular
photographs

Simple past
photographed

Past participle
photographed

Present participle
photographing

to photograph (third-person singular simple present photographs, present participle photographing, simple past and past participle photographed)

  1. (transitive) To take a photograph of.
  2. (intransitive) To take photographs.
  3. (intransitive) To appear in a photograph.
    She photographs well. The camera loves her.

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