photography

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the act of taking and printing photographs
  2. noun the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces
  3. noun the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies

Etymology

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”).

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Synonyms

picture taking

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