photo
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfəʊ.təʊ/, [ˈfəʊtʰəʊ]
Audio (UK): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈfoʊ.toʊ/, [ˈfŏʊɾoʊ]
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊtəʊ
Noun
[edit]photo (plural photos)
- (informal) A photograph.
- 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist:
- Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.
- (informal) A photo finish.
- 2005 June 28, “Racing diary: In the shake-up”, in The Telegraph[1]:
- By this stage, Goof was clearly warming to his theme and, as they flashed past the post together, he reported that it was a photo. "And I don't know or care who won the photo," he concluded.
- (informal) A digital picture of any kind.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Hausa: hṑtō
Translations
[edit]photograph — see photograph
Verb
[edit]photo (third-person singular simple present photos, present participle photoing, simple past and past participle photoed)
- (transitive) To take a photograph of.
- [1956] 1992 ed., The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter [2]
- What fun to be photoed together, / What luck for a break so opportune. / Oh, what a lark / To be posed in the park / Underneath the adolescent crescent of the moon.
- 1998, Hans Schmidt, Maverick Marine [3]
- He even had himself photoed helping to hold one of the fire-hose.
- 2000, Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet [4]
- Always photoing exits. What are all these ways out but rehearsals for his own?
- [1956] 1992 ed., The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter [2]
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to take a photograph
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See also
[edit]- photo-
- photosensitive
- photosynthesis, photosynthesize
- photogenic
- photocell
- photo finish
- photo opportunity
- snapshot
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Clipping of photographie.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]photo f (plural photos)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “photo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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