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- [snap-shot]
- /ˈsnæpˌʃɒt/
- /ˈsnæp.ʃɒt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [snap-shot]
- /ˈsnæpˌʃɒt/
Definitions of snapshot word
- noun snapshot an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera. 1
- noun snapshot Hunting. a quick shot taken without deliberate aim. 1
- noun snapshot Informal. a brief appraisal, summary, or profile. 1
- verb with object snapshot to take a snapshot of (a subject). 1
- noun snapshot depicts momentary condition 1
- noun snapshot quick photo 1
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Origin of snapshot
First appearance:
before 1800 One of the 42% newest English words
1800-10 for def 2; 1860-65 for def 1; snap (in the sense “done suddenly or casually”) + shot1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Snapshot
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
snapshot popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 70% 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".
snapshot usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for snapshot
noun snapshot
- characterization — Characterization is the way an author or an actor describes or shows what a character is like.
- characterizations — portrayal; description: the actor's characterization of a politician.
- 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.
verb snapshot
- 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.
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