photo — ozdic

Collocations

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1

(noun.)

ADJ

signed

The actor gave my daughter a signed photo after the show.

action

The photographer captured stunning action photos of the soccer match last weekend.

aerial, air | digital, polaroid | nude, pornographic, topless

VERB + PHOTO

get, take

She took a photo of the sunset from her bedroom window.

pose for

The children posed for a photo on the steps of the museum.

develop

She took the photos at the wedding and had them developed within a week.

blow up, enlarge | crop | mount | publish

make

I made a photo of my nephew at his birthday party last weekend.

PHOTO + NOUN

album | frame

call, opportunity, session, shoot

The wedding photographer arranged a photo session with the bride and groom before the ceremony.

journalism, journalist | processing

booth

At the mall, my friends and I squeezed into a photo booth and made funny faces.

story | caption

PREP

in a/the ~

My daughter is wearing her new red dress in the photo from last weekend.

~ of

I found an old photo of my grandmother in the attic last week.

Definitions

noun

1

A photograph.

Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.

2

A photo finish.

By this stage, Goof was clearly warming to his theme and, as they flashed past the post together, he reported that it was a photo. "And I don't know or care who won the photo," he concluded.

3

A digital picture of any kind.

4

Photography

Photo student in need of subjects.

verb

1

To take a photograph of.

[1956] 1992 ed., The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=5kjheskJwVAC&pg=PA465&lpg=PA465&sig=_CY8N5ZLStxnOIlf_CNHhhBEPjA What fun to be photoed together, / What luck for a break so opportune. / Oh, what a lark / To be posed in the park / Underneath the adolescent crescent of the moon.

1998, Hans Schmidt, Maverick Marine http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=vQ7DKhq0ZckC&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&sig=hrMAoHDI9vAnq4RQwgFro_Lp24M He even had himself photoed helping to hold one of the fire-hose.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of fie

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02

By this stage, Goof was clearly warming to his theme and, as they flashed past the post together, he reported that it was a photo. "And I don't know or care who won the photo," he concluded.

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03

Photo student in need of subjects.

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04

[1956] 1992 ed., The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=5kjheskJwVAC&pg=PA465&lpg=PA465&sig=_CY8N5ZLStxnOIlf_CNHhhBEPjA What fun to be photoed together, / What luck

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1998, Hans Schmidt, Maverick Marine http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=vQ7DKhq0ZckC&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&sig=hrMAoHDI9vAnq4RQwgFro_Lp24M He even had himself photoed helping to hold one of the fire-h

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06

Always photoing exits. What are all these ways out but rehearsals for his own?

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, photo is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.