# photograph

Pronunciation: US say "FOH-tuh-graf" /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/; UK say "FOH-tuh-grahf" /ˈfəʊ.təˌɡɹɑːf/

## Noun

1. An image produced when light is projected onto a light-sensitive surface such as film or a digital sensor.
   - Simple: A picture made by a camera when light hits special film or a sensor.
   - _A grainy photograph of the comet appeared on the newspaper's front page._
   - _The archive holds thousands of photographs from the early space program._

## Verb

2. To capture an image of someone or something using a camera.
   - Simple: To use a camera to make a picture of someone or something.
   - _Wildlife teams photograph the migration each spring._
   - _He learned to photograph in dim conditions without a flash._
3. To come across in a certain way when captured in a photograph.
   - Simple: To look a certain way when a camera takes your picture.
   - _Tall buildings photograph poorly without a wide lens._
   - _She photographs younger than her actual age._
4. To fix something permanently in the memory, as if recording it exactly.
   - Simple: To keep something firmly in your mind so you never forget it.
   - _He wanted to photograph the scene in his mind before leaving forever._
   - _She photographed his face in her memory the night they said goodbye._

## Origin

Formed from the combining forms 'photo-' and '-graph'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/photograph (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).