"take a picture" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take a picture.ogg [Australia] Forms: takes a picture [present, singular, third-person], taking a picture [participle, present], took a picture [past], taken a picture [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> a picture}} take a picture (third-person singular simple present takes a picture, present participle taking a picture, simple past took a picture, past participle taken a picture)
  1. (idiomatic) To photographically capture an image Tags: idiomatic Translations (capture an image): اِلْتَقَطَ صُورَةً (iltaqaṭa ṣūratan) (Arabic), 照相 (zhàoxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 拍照 (pāizhào) (Chinese Mandarin), een foto nemen (Dutch), ottaa kuva (Finnish), prendre en photo (French), ein Foto machen (German), tóg pictiúr (Irish), glac pictiúr (Irish), 撮る (toru) (alt: とる) (Japanese), tirar foto (Portuguese), сделать фото (sdelatʹ foto) (Russian), fotografirati (Serbo-Croatian), slikati (Serbo-Croatian), hacer una fotografía (Spanish), chụp hình (Vietnamese), chụp ảnh (Vietnamese), chụp (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-take_a_picture-en-verb-DmjIUf47 Disambiguation of 'capture an image': 100 0
  2. (informal) Used as a rebuke to someone perceived to be staring at one. Also take a picture, it'll last longer. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Photography Translations (used as a rebuke): tu veux ma photo? (French), ¿tengo monos en la cara? (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-take_a_picture-en-verb-t-qr2UPF Disambiguation of Photography: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English light verb constructions, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 82 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'used as a rebuke': 0 100

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      "sense": "capture an image",
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      "sense": "capture an image",
      "word": "chụp hình"
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      "word": "tu veux ma photo?"
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