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photo

pho·to
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [foh-toh]
    • /ˈfoʊ toʊ/
    • /ˈfəʊtəʊ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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

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Synonyms 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

  • what is photo stream?

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