pho·to·graph

[foh-tuh-graf, -grahf]
noun
1.
a picture produced by photography.
verb (used with object)
2.
to take a photograph of.
verb (used without object)
3.
to practice photography.
4.
to be photographed or be suitable for being photographed in some specified way: The children photograph well.
Origin:
1839; photo- + -graph

Related forms
pho·to·graph·a·ble, adjective
re·pho·to·graph, verb (used with object), noun
un·pho·to·graph·a·ble, adjective
un·pho·to·graphed, adjective
well-pho·to·graphed, adjective
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photograph (ˈfəʊtəˌɡrɑːf, -ˌɡræf) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  Often shortened to: photo an image of an object, person, scene, etc, in the form of a print or slide recorded by a camera on photosensitive material
 
—vb
2.  to take a photograph of (an object, person, scene, etc)

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Word Origin & History

photograph
1839, "picture obtained by photography," coined by Sir John Herschel from photo- + -graph "instrument for recording." It won out over other suggestions, such as photogene and heliograph. Neo-Anglo-Saxonists prefer sunprint. The verb and photography also are first attested 1839, all from a paper read
before the Royal Society on March 14, 1839.
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Example sentences
The phone's camera then snaps a photograph, compresses the image and sends it
  to a clinic for evaluation.
Then he'd take a photograph, turn the print upside-down, and get his elevation
  view.
Participants were given a piece of chocolate after being shown a picture of
  money or a blurred photograph.
Flash can bleach skin tones and alter the photograph's colors.
Image for photograph
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