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Definition of photograph verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

photograph

verb
 
/ˈfəʊtəɡrɑːf/
 
/ˈfəʊtəɡræf/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they photograph
 
/ˈfəʊtəɡrɑːf/
 
/ˈfəʊtəɡræf/
he / she / it photographs
 
/ˈfəʊtəɡrɑːfs/
 
/ˈfəʊtəɡræfs/
past simple photographed
 
/ˈfəʊtəɡrɑːft/
 
/ˈfəʊtəɡræft/
past participle photographed
 
/ˈfəʊtəɡrɑːft/
 
/ˈfəʊtəɡræft/
-ing form photographing
 
/ˈfəʊtəɡrɑːfɪŋ/
 
/ˈfəʊtəɡræfɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] to take a photograph of somebody/something
    • photograph somebody/something a workshop on photographing wildlife
    • a beautifully photographed book (= with very good photographs in it)
    • photograph somebody/something doing something They were photographed playing with their children.
    • photograph somebody/something + adj. The actor was photographed maskless at the height of the pandemic.
    Extra Examples
    • He has photographed many other celebrities too.
    • She was photographed entering Downing Street.
    • They are constantly photographed by the paparazzi.
  2. [intransitive] photograph well, badly, etc. to look or not look attractive in photographs
    • Some people just don't photograph well.
See photograph in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee photograph in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English

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