photo

UK/ˈfəʊ̯.təʊ̯/US/ˈpʰoː.ʈoː/

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Other forms: photos

A photo is an image caught by a camera. Take a photo, a family photo, photo album.

It is short for photograph and entirely standard, which is unusual — most such shortenings stay informal. A photo finish is one decided by the camera, and the phrase is used of any close contest. Note that photograph means drawing with light, from the Greek for light and writing.

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Definitions of photo

1nounphotoAn image caught by a camera.A1
“Can you take a photo of us in front of the fountain?”

photo is an image.

Also accepted in games: photograph, picture

Where it comes from

Clipping of photograph.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Technology & Internet

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photo in the wild

Image sharing, or photo sharing, is the publishing or transfer of digital photos online.
Image sharing
The majority of these photos and videos were illegally obtained sexts from over 100 female celebrities that showed the women topless, naked, and/or performing sexual acts.
2014 celebrity nude photo leak
Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google.
Google Photos
The service automatically analyzes photos, identifying various visual features and subjects.
Google Photos

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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