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photograph

Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf/

The English word “photograph” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

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

verb

  1. To take a photograph (of).
  2. To fix permanently in the memory etc.
  3. To appear in a photograph.

Etymology

From photo- + -graph.

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