Definitions for photograph
ˈfoʊ təˌgræf, -ˌgrɑfpho·to·graph

Princeton's WordNet(3.11 / 10 votes)Rate this definition:

1. photograph, photo, exposure, picture, picverb

   a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material

2. photograph, snap, shootverb

   record on photographic film

   "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"

3. photographverb

   undergo being photographed in a certain way

   "Children photograph well"

Wiktionary(3.25 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. photographnoun

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

2. photographverb

   To take a photograph of.

3. photographverb

   To take photographs.

4. photographverb

   To appear in a photograph.

   She photographs well. The camera loves her.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Photographnoun

   a picture or likeness obtained by photography

   Etymology: [Photo- + -graph.]

2. Photographverb

   to take a picture or likeness of by means of photography; as, to photograph a view; to photograph a group

   Etymology: [Photo- + -graph.]

3. Photographverb

   to practice photography; to take photographs

   Etymology: [Photo- + -graph.]

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Photograph

   A photograph or photo is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of what the human eye would see. The process and practice of creating photographs is called photography. The word "photograph" was coined in 1839 by Sir John Herschel and is based on the Greek φῶς, meaning "light", and γραφή, meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light".

Etymology and Origins(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Photograph

   From the two Greek words photos, light, and graphein, to write. Accordingly a picture obtained by the action of light and transferred to paper chemically prepared.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'photograph' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3999

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'photograph' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2666

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'photograph' in Nouns Frequency: #810

How to pronounce photograph?

1. Alex

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   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of photograph in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of photograph in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of photograph in a Sentence

1. Rebecca Norris Webb:

   From the perspective of being a photographer, it was an utterly serendipitous photograph, i came onto the roof and there were some people out there and practically the first picture I took was the series of that woman and baby.

2. Marit Alanen:

   One camera did photograph the jaguar, ocelots, mountain lions and bobcats at separate times, southern Arizona is one of the few places in the U.S. to see four wild cats living in the same area.

3. Ludwig Wittgenstein:

   We regard the photograph, the picture on our wall, as the object itself (the man, landscape, and so on) depicted there. This need not have been so. We could easily imagine people who did not have this relation to such pictures. Who, for example, would be repelled by photographs, because a face without color and even perhaps a face in reduced proportions struck them as inhuman.

4. Maria Moldes:

   This is a type of photography that can not be posed. This is street photography, i have no ethical concerns because I am not ridiculing people. I have to like people in order to photograph them, and this is all a commentary.

5. Jay Stanley:

   When you are in public spaces, where you have a right to be, you can photograph anything that is in plain view.

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