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noun

ˈfō-tə-ˌgraf How to pronounce photograph (audio)
Definition of photographnext
as in photo
a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera the old photograph was faded but still clear enough to make out

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verb

as in to photo
to take a photograph of we've been photographing the baby virtually nonstop

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Recent Examples of photograph
Noun
Another star of Anyone But You, Sweeney similarly appears in a brief photograph while Owen is furiously swiping through matches on a dating app to find a potential hookup. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Aug. 2026 Now that everything is digital, photographs might seem antiquated or cumbersome to store. — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 8 Aug. 2026
Verb
Curators from the Walker Art Center and the American Craft Council took note and by 2020, Holler had photographed her last wedding. — Kelly Ryan Kegans, Midwest Living, 8 Aug. 2026 Expect slim crescent suns to be photographed slipping beneath the horizon from across Central Europe. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for photograph
Recent Examples of Synonyms for photograph
  1. photo
  2. picture
  3. pic
  4. snapshot
Noun
  • Tan Chow from the Chinatown Community Development Center sent CBS News Bay Area photos of the Garden Restaurant incident.
    — Maddie White, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Erblin Ademi clutched the photo of his father holding him as a little boy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of photo
Verb
  • The Olsen twins were pictured with the larger cast, including Bure but without Loughlin amid the college admission scandal fallout, at Saget's funeral.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Instead, his platform takes not-so-subtle digs at the populist often pictured with a pint of beer.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of picture
Noun
  • Just a few hours after dropping pics of herself with voluminous, body-licious curls, Khloé Kardashian decided to kick off August with a fresh hair cut—and introduced us all to her alter ego, Bob Kardashian, in the process.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 7 Aug. 2026
  • In a timely interview with Mel as the festival began on Wednesday, Nazzaro talked up The Green Eyes, a pic from Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh’s that addresses deportation.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of pic
Noun
  • By measuring the energy and momentum of those emitted electrons, the researchers could reconstruct snapshots of what was happening inside the material as its electronic order returned.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Offering an incredibly detailed snapshot of upper-class life in Istanbul from the 1970s onwards, Pamuk has successfully created one of the most moving exhibitions to date—a real highlight of the city.
    — CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026
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“Photograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/photograph. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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