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- [foh-toh]
- /ˈfoʊ toʊ/
- /ˈfəʊtəʊ/
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- [foh-toh]
- /ˈfoʊ toʊ/
Definitions of photo word
- abbreviation PHOTO photograph. 1
- noun plural photo Informal. photo finish. 1
- countable noun photo A photo is the same as a photograph. 0
- abbreviation PHOTO photograph 0
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Origin of photo
First appearance:
before 1855 One of the 30% newest English words
First recorded in 1855-60; shortened form of photograph
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Photo
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
photo popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
photo usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for photo
verb photo
- cinematize — to adapt (a novel or play) for cinema
- lensed — a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lensing — a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
- lens — a piece of transparent substance, usually glass, having two opposite surfaces either both curved or one curved and one plane, used in an optical device in changing the convergence of light rays, as for magnification, or in correcting defects of vision.
noun photo
- close up — If someone closes up a building, they shut it completely and securely, often because they are going away.
- close-up — the end or conclusion: at the close of day; the close of the speech.
- closeup — a photograph taken at close range or with a long focal-length lens, on a relatively large scale.
- half tone — semitone.
- halftone — Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
Top questions with photo
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