photograph
[noun]
Synonyms:
- picture, photo (informal), print, shot, snap (informal), snapshot, transparency
[verb]
Synonyms:
- take a picture of, film, record, shoot, snap (informal), take (someone's) picture

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Related Idioms: capture on film, take a picture (or photograph)
Related Words: cinematize, cinematograph, cinemize, film, filmize, picture, snap, snapshoot, snapshot, mug

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English Thesaurus: break, smash, snap, split, fracture, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. pho‧to‧graph¹ S2 W2 /ˈfəʊtəɡrɑːf $ ˈfoʊtəɡræf/ (also photo informal) noun [countable]
[Word Family: noun: photo, photograph, photographer, photography; adjective: photogenic, photographic; verb: photograph]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: photo- + -graph 'something written or drawn' (from Greek graphein 'to write')]
a picture obtained by using a camera and film that is sensitive to light:
a colour photograph
a black and white photograph
photograph of
I wish I had a photograph of Thomas.
He took a photograph of the hotel.
Tim was looking through an old photograph album (=book in which you put photographs).
Did you see Leo’s photograph (=a photograph of Leo) in the newspaper?

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. photograph² verb
[Word Family: noun: photo, photograph, photographer, photography; adjective: photogenic, photographic; verb: photograph]

1. [transitive] to take a photograph of someone or something:
Kate agreed to let me photograph her.
He stood by the tree to be photographed.

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In everyday English, people usually say take a photo or take a picture of someone or something rather than photograph someone or something:
She agreed to let me take her photo.
He stood there waiting to have his picture taken.

2. photograph well to look attractive in photographs:
Celia does not photograph well.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

photograph
noun
ADJ. old, recent | black-and-white, colour, coloured, sepia, tinted Tinted photographs were an early substitute for colour.
blurred, fuzzy, grainy, out of focus This photograph is out of focus.
faded | clear | sharp | excellent, good, great, lovely, stunning, superb, wonderful | (good) quality | glossy | framed | signed | studio | group, team | family | wedding | school | cover, magazine, newspaper, press The cover photograph of one magazine showed a dying soldier.
publicity | documentary | fashion | portrait-sized, postcard-sized | passport, passport-sized | facial Send a recent facial photograph of yourself with your application.
close-up | still Frame the subject in the video viewfinder as you would for a still photograph.
aerial, air, satellite | digital, polaroid | infrared | erotic, explicit, indecent, nude, obscene, pornographic, topless
VERB + PHOTOGRAPH get, take Did you manage to get a photograph of the goal? I spent the day taking photographs of the city.
pose for | develop | blow up, enlarge | scan (in) I scanned in some photographs of the family to send to friends by email.
touch up The photograph has been touched up to conceal her double chin.
crop | mount I cropped the photograph and mounted it on some card.
publish | make The sun rising over the horizon would have made a good photograph.
PHOTOGRAPH + VERB appear Her photograph appeared in all the papers.
depict sth, show sth | capture sth The photograph manages to capture the excitement of the occasion.
PHOTOGRAPH + NOUN album | frame
PREP. in a/the ~ The wing is assembled as shown in the photograph below.
~ of An aerial photograph of the field shows clearly where the buildings were.
PREP. photograph courtesy (of) … photograph courtesy Liverpool Evening News (= acknowledging permission to publish a photograph)
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[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

break verb [transitive] to damage something and make it separate into pieces, for example by dropping it or hitting it:
Careful you don’t break the chair.
He broke his leg.
smash verb [transitive] to break something with a lot of force:
A policeman smashed his camera.
snap verb [transitive] to break something into two pieces, making a loud noise – used especially about long thin objects:
He snapped the sticks in two.
split verb [transitive] to separate something into two pieces along a straight line:
Using a sharp knife, split the melon in half.
fracture verb [transitive] to damage a bone, especially so that a line appears on the surface:
I fell over and fractured my wrist.
tear /teə $ ter/ verb [transitive] to damage paper or cloth by pulling it so that it separates into pieces:
She tore up the letter and put it in the bin.
I tore my jacket.
photograph a picture taken using a camera:
Visitors are not allowed to take photographs inside the museum.
our wedding photographs
photo informal a photograph:
a way of displaying your digital photos
Do you want me to take your photo?
picture a photograph of someone or something:
I saw her picture in the paper the other day.
This is a really good picture of Sarah.
Can I take your picture?
shot informal a photograph – used especially by people who often take photographs:
I got some great shots of Mount Fuji.
It's a lovely shot.
print a photograph that has been printed on photographic paper:
a set of 4 by 6 inch prints

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

photograph a picture taken using a camera:
Visitors are not allowed to take photographs inside the museum.
our wedding photographs
photo informal a photograph:
a way of displaying your digital photos
Do you want me to take your photo?
picture a photograph of someone or something:
I saw her picture in the paper the other day.
This is a really good picture of Sarah.
Can I take your picture?
snap British English informal, snapshot especially American English a photograph that you take quickly and without thinking carefully about how it will look, for example when you are on holiday:
Patrick showed me his holiday snaps.
She showed me a snapshot of her three children.
shot informal a photograph – used especially by people who often take photographs:
I got some great shots of Mount Fuji.
It's a lovely shot.
print a photograph that has been printed on photographic paper:
a set of 4 by 6 inch prints
take a photograph
He wanted to take a photograph of me.
get a photograph (=take one successfully)
I got some brilliant photographs of the desert.
a colour photograph
The book is fully illustrated with colour photographs.
a black-and-white photograph
a digital photograph
a framed photograph
On the desk was a framed photograph of a woman.
a signed photograph
He keeps a signed photograph of Bill Clinton in his office.
a wedding photograph
Your wedding photographs will keep the memories of the big day alive for you.
an aerial photograph (=one taken from a plane)
Aerial photographs can be used to locate archaeological sites.
faded
All her life she kept a faded photograph of him in his army uniform.
blurred
He was shown a blurred photograph, taken from a moving car.
grainy (=with a rough, not sharp, appearance)
I stared at the grainy newspaper photograph, searching for my mother.
sepia (=used about a black and white photograph that has shades of brown, in a way that is typical of old photographs)
an 1854 sepia photograph of Jonathan Pickering, the company founder
a photograph album (=a book in which you put photographs)
Mama kept a photograph album full of pictures of her family.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲