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photo
noun
a
picture
made
with
a
camera
•
I
took
a
beautiful
photo
of
the
sunset
at
the
beach
yesterday
.
I
took
a
beautiful
photo
of
the
sunset
at
the
beach
yesterday
.
•
Could
you
send
me
the
photo
from
last
night's
party
?
Could
you
send
me
the
photo
from
last
night's
party
?
Shortened
form
of
photograph
,
first
recorded
in
the
mid-19th
century
.
verb
to
take
a
photograph
of
someone
or
something
•
Tourists
paused
to
let
the
guide
photo
them
in
front
of
the
ancient
temple
.
Tourists
paused
to
let
the
guide
photo
them
in
front
of
the
ancient
temple
.
•
He
loves
to
photo
birds
early
in
the
morning
.
He
loves
to
photo
birds
early
in
the
morning
.
Back-formation
from
the
noun
photo
,
meaning
to
take
a
photograph
,
first
appearing
in
the
early
20th
century
.
phone
noun
a
device
you
use
to
talk
to
or
send
messages
to
people
who
are
far
away
•
Mia
forgot
her
phone
at
home
and
couldn't
take
any
pictures
.
Mia
forgot
her
phone
at
home
and
couldn't
take
any
pictures
.
•
The
phone
rang
just
as
we
sat
down
for
dinner
.
The
phone
rang
just
as
we
sat
down
for
dinner
.
Shortened
from
“
telephone
,”
which
comes
from
Greek
tele-
“
far
”
+
phōnē
“
voice
,
sound
.”
verb
-
phone
,
phoning
,
phones
,
phoned
to
call
someone
using
a
phone
•
I'll
phone
you
when
I
arrive
at
the
station
.
I'll
phone
you
when
I
arrive
at
the
station
.
•
She
phoned
her
grandmother
every
Sunday
.
She
phoned
her
grandmother
every
Sunday
.
Back-formation
from
the
noun
“
phone
,”
itself
a
shortened
form
of
“
telephone
.”
photograph
noun
a
picture
made
with
a
camera
by
capturing
light
on
film
or
a
digital
sensor
•
Maria
framed
her
favorite
photograph
of
the
beach
and
hung
it
on
the
wall
.
Maria
framed
her
favorite
photograph
of
the
beach
and
hung
it
on
the
wall
.
•
The
old
man
showed
me
a
faded
photograph
of
his
army
friends
.
The
old
man
showed
me
a
faded
photograph
of
his
army
friends
.
Mid-19th
century
:
from
photo-
‘
light
’
+
‑graph
‘
something
written
or
drawn
’.
verb
to
take
a
picture
of
someone
or
something
with
a
camera
•
She
loves
to
photograph
wild
animals
in
their
natural
habitat
.
She
loves
to
photograph
wild
animals
in
their
natural
habitat
.
•
Please
don't
photograph
me
;
I'm
not
ready
yet
.
Please
don't
photograph
me
;
I'm
not
ready
yet
.
Derived
from
the
noun
‘
photograph
’,
adopted
as
a
verb
soon
after
cameras
became
common
in
the
19th
century
.
photographer
noun
a
person
who
takes
photographs
,
especially
as
a
hobby
or
job
.
•
The
photographer
asked
the
couple
to
smile
as
he
snapped
their
wedding
pictures
.
The
photographer
asked
the
couple
to
smile
as
he
snapped
their
wedding
pictures
.
•
A
wildlife
photographer
waited
quietly
beside
the
river
to
capture
the
moment
a
bear
caught
a
fish
.
A
wildlife
photographer
waited
quietly
beside
the
river
to
capture
the
moment
a
bear
caught
a
fish
.
Formed
in
the
mid-19th
century
from
photograph
+
the
agent
suffix
‑er
,
meaning
“
person
who
makes
photographs
”.
telephone
noun
a
device
with
a
mouth-piece
and
an
earpiece
that
lets
people
talk
to
each
other
even
when
they
are
far
apart
,
by
turning
their
voices
into
electrical
signals
and
back
again
•
Maya
picked
up
the
telephone
and
called
her
grandmother
.
Maya
picked
up
the
telephone
and
called
her
grandmother
.
•
The
old
telephone
on
his
desk
still
had
a
rotary
dial
.
The
old
telephone
on
his
desk
still
had
a
rotary
dial
.
from
Greek
tele-
‘
far
’
+
phōnē
‘
voice
,
sound
’;
invented
name
used
by
Alexander
Graham
Bell
in
the
19th
century
noun
the
whole
network
and
technology
that
carries
spoken
messages
over
wires
or
radio
waves
so
people
can
talk
to
each
other
across
distances
•
The
telephone
changed
the
way
businesses
communicated
around
the
world
.
The
telephone
changed
the
way
businesses
communicated
around
the
world
.
•
Strong
winds
knocked
out
the
village
’
s
telephone
for
two
days
.
Strong
winds
knocked
out
the
village
’
s
telephone
for
two
days
.
developed
from
the
device
name
to
describe
the
entire
system
that
carries
calls
verb
-
telephone
,
telephoning
,
telephones
,
telephoned
to
call
someone
and
speak
to
them
using
a
telephone
•
I
will
telephone
you
as
soon
as
I
arrive
.
I
will
telephone
you
as
soon
as
I
arrive
.
•
She
telephoned
the
doctor
for
an
appointment
.
She
telephoned
the
doctor
for
an
appointment
.
back-formation
from
the
noun
;
first
used
as
a
verb
soon
after
the
device
was
invented
iPhone
noun
a
touchscreen
smartphone
made
by
Apple
Inc
.
•
Maria
proudly
showed
her
friends
the
photos
she
had
taken
on
her
new
iPhone
.
Maria
proudly
showed
her
friends
the
photos
she
had
taken
on
her
new
iPhone
.
•
During
the
train
ride
,
James
listened
to
music
on
his
iPhone
to
pass
the
time
.
During
the
train
ride
,
James
listened
to
music
on
his
iPhone
to
pass
the
time
.
Launched
by
Apple
Inc
.
in
2007
,
combining
the
words
“
internet
”
and
“
phone
”
to
emphasize
its
web
capabilities
alongside
traditional
calling
.