- a piece of equipment for taking photographs, moving pictures or television pictures. It can be a separate item or part of another device.
- Just point the camera and press the button.
- The camera has captured the drama of the event.
- a TV/video camera
- Most phones have a built-in camera.
- Digital cameras are easy to use.
- Closed-circuit cameras have been installed throughout the building.
- a camera crew
- Different camera angles show different perspectives.
Extra ExamplesTopics Film and theatrea1, TV, radio and newsa1- A security camera caught her shoplifting.
- Police are checking security camera footage.
- He couldn't bring himself to face the cameras and left by a back exit.
- He played his first game in front of the TV cameras.
- The outgoing and incoming presidents posed for the cameras.
- I bought a disposable camera from the gift shop.
- The camera can be operated remotely.
- The camera has caught the expression on the Queen's face beautifully.
- The camera lingers on a close-up of her face.
- The camera zoomed in on a picture above the fireplace.
- The crews have been setting up their cameras.
- The camera was mounted on a hang-glider.
- The director gave the signal and the cameras rolled.
- The documentary was shot using a hand-held camera.
- Cameras started clicking as soon as she stepped out of the car.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- automatic
- disposable
- electronic
- …
- aim
- focus
- point
- …
- film something
- capture somebody/something
- catch somebody/something
- …
- crew
- team
- operator
- …
- in front of the cameras
- off camera
- on camera
- …
Word Originnoun mid 19th cent.: from camera obscura, from Latin ‘dark chamber’.in camera. late 17th cent. (denoting a council or legislative chamber in Italy or Spain): from Latin, ‘vault, arched chamber’, from Greek kamara ‘object with an arched cover’.
Idioms
See camera in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee camera in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishin camera
- (law) in a judge’s private room, without the press or the public being present
- The trial was held in camera.
off camera
- without a camera recording what is happening
- The incident occurred off camera.
on camera
- while a camera is recording what is happening
- Are you prepared to tell your story on camera?
- The moment was caught on camera.
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