Photo

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈfəʊtəʊ/
• US IPA: /ˈfoÊŠtoÊŠ/

Origin

Shortened form of photograph

Full definition of photo

Noun

1. Photograph.
• 2013, Catherine Clabby, Focus on Everything, Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus. That’s because the lenses that are excellent at magnifying tiny subjects produce a narrow depth of field. A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that.

Verb

1. To take a photograph.
• 1956 1992 ed., The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=5kjheskJwVAC&pg=PA465&lpg=PA465&sig=_CY8N5ZLStxnOIlf_CNHhhBEPjAWhat fun to be photoed together, / What luck for a break so opportune. / Oh, what a lark / To be posed in the park / Underneath the adolescent crescent of the moon.
• 1998, Hans Schmidt, Maverick Marine http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=vQ7DKhq0ZckC&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&sig=hrMAoHDI9vAnq4RQwgFro_Lp24MHe even had himself photoed helping to hold one of the fire-hose.
• 2000, Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=2nFEV20sE1AC&pg=PA219&lpg=PA219&sig=8MxWTUwSXHcfah6pEaAnVLYaiL4Always photoing exits. What are all these ways out but rehearsals for his own?