photography

CEFRA2

/fəˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fi/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The activity or art of taking photographs.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The occupation of taking (and often printing) photographs.

Examples

  • Photography is now considered a new form of art.

  • Her hobbies include hiking and photography.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. The art and technology of producing images on photosensitive surfaces, and its digital counterpart.

More examples

In context

  • I have an interest in photography.

  • go on a photography course

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

At the art school, she studied blank, focusing on camera exposure and composition.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From French photographie. By surface analysis, photo- + -graphy, together meaning "drawing with light" or "representation by means of lines", "drawing". From φῶς (phôs, “of light”), and γράφω (gráphō, “write, draw”).