Photograph

/ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (photography) A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To take a photograph (of).
3. (transitive, figurative) To fix permanently in the memory etc.
4. (intransitive) To appear in a photograph.

Example Sentences

The hundredodd pages of photographs provide superb iconography of artistic collaboration and its rewards.

A photograph showing a column of tenodd cars with black registration plates moving along an empty highway on their way to Subotica, […]

Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.

He makes his pen drawing on white paper, and they are afterwards photographed on wood.

The boy who made headlines when he was photographed hugging an officer during a 2014 protest against police brutality is missing after his family’s SUV plunged 100 feet off a coastal highway in California, officials said Wednesday.

As the game worlds we explore have become more beautiful, players have become more interested in photographing them and sharing the results.

He is photographed on my mind.

The scene and its surroundings were photographed on my memory.

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Word Forms

• photographs
• photographing
• photographed

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