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Photo I Passport Album Noun Bre ˈfəʊtəʊ ˈfoʊtoʊ

Word photo
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈfəʊtəʊ / NAmE / ˈfoʊtoʊ /
Example
  • a colour/black-and-white photo
  • a passport photo
  • a photo album (= a book for keeping your photos in)
  • i'll take a photo of you.
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photo

(noun)BrE / ˈfəʊtəʊ / NAmE / ˈfoʊtoʊ /
    • a colour/black-and-white photo
    • a passport photo
    • a photo album (= a book for keeping your photos in)
    • I'll take a photo of you.
    • a photograph of the house
    • Can I take a photograph?
    • We had our picture taken in front of the hotel.
    • a passport photo
    • I tried to get a shot of him in the water.
    • holiday snaps
    • a set of prints
    • The picture shows a family gathered around a kitchen table.
    • This is a picture/photo of a busy city street.
    • In the foreground/background, we can see a group of protesters.
    • In the bottom right-hand corner/top left-hand corner, there's a child sitting alone.
    • On the left/On the right/In the middle, someone is standing with a bottle in his hand.
    • In the cartoon, we can see two people looking at a newspaper headline.
    • The cartoonist has drawn the man to represent a typical businessman.

    Extra Examples

    • Can I have my photo taken with you?
    • Her wedding got a big photo spread in the magazine.
    • His most treasured possession is a signed photo of his footballing hero.
    • I can’t wait till the photos have been developed.
    • I got some great photos of the party.
    • Tell me who everyone is in the photo.
    • The annual has a good range of features and colour action photos.
    • The magazine has exclusive photos of the wedding.
    • The press followed the President around the hospital, waiting for a photo opportunity.
    • The race ended in a photo finish.
    • The sun rising over the horizon would have made a good photo.
    • We found a photo booth on the station.
    • a photo of my son Edmund
    • posing for a group photo
    • the name on the photo ID
    • Stand there and I’ll take your photo.
    • a colour/black-and-white/passport photo
    • a photo album

    Word Origin

    • mid 19th cent.: abbreviation.
Copyright This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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