"photograph" meaning in English

See photograph in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfəʊtəgrɑ:f/ Audio: en-us-photograph.ogg [US] Forms: photograph [singular], photographs [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A photograph is a picture that is created by a camera digitally or on film.
    Sense id: simple-photograph-en-noun-vCSZ6vRW

Verb

IPA: /ˈfəʊtəgrɑ:f/ Audio: en-us-photograph.ogg [US] Forms: photograph [canonical], photographs [third-person, singular], photographed [past], photographed [past, participle], photographing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you take a photograph of someone or something, you take a photograph of it.
    Sense id: simple-photograph-en-verb-v-cNJuP7
     
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