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

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

1. photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic(verb)

   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, shoot(verb)

   record on photographic film

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

3. photograph(verb)

   undergo being photographed in a certain way

   "Children photograph well"

Wiktionary(3.25 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. photograph(Noun)

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

2. photograph(Verb)

   To take a photograph of.

3. photograph(Verb)

   To take photographs.

4. photograph(Verb)

   To appear in a photograph.

   She photographs well. The camera loves her.

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

1. Photograph(noun)

   a picture or likeness obtained by photography

   Etymology: [Photo- + -graph.]

2. Photograph(verb)

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

   Etymology: [Photo- + -graph.]

3. Photograph(verb)

   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?

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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. Hilary Roberts:

   The key objects in the photograph are Lee Miller’s boots on Hitler’s bath mat, which when she arrived was pristine white, and when she left was covered with dirt from Dachau.

2. Buckingham Palace:

   CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP The court papers also include a photograph that has been in circulation since 2015 showing Andrew with his arm around Giuffres bare waist in London in 2001. Giuffre said she was 17 at the time the photo was taken. Photo from 2001 that was included in court files released last week shows Prince Andrew with his arm around the waist of 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre who says Jeffrey Epstein paid her to have sex with the prince. Andrew has denied the charges. In the background is Epstein's girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell. (U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals) Buckingham Palace has previously denied allegationsthe prince had sex with Giuffre, and told The Sun that Andrew was not a party to the U.S. proceedings in which his name had appeared and denied any illegality had occurred. Any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors is categorically untrue.

3. Craig Smith:

   My goal as a wildlife photographer these days is to photograph animals in their natural settings, unencumbered by artificial environments such as zoo captivity, and show their beauty as they were meant to be.

4. Mike Hollman:

   The old wooden poles at the end of the beach have always been one of my favorite places to photograph.

5. Di Martino:

   I wanted to photograph new-but-already-established churches from this millennium ... but I had to explain to a lot of people that I wasn't documenting the demise of the Catholic Church or even the loss of churchgoers. but how these churches have now become part of the establishment.

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