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# photo

«photo» in Mova's school dictionary: **a picture taken with a camera or a phone** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (photo, photos)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A photo is a picture taken with a camera or a phone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photo/#m1)

2) Photo is short for photograph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photo/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: pictures counted, taken, printed or put in albums; photos per page is a rate. In everyday life: school photos, holiday photos, selfies, a photo album. In safety: ask before taking or sharing someone's photo; do not share photos online with strangers. Phrases: «take a photo», «a photo of», «in the photo», «photo album».

### examples

- She took 36 photos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photo/#x1)
- Each page holds 4 photos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photo/#x2)
- How many pages does she need for 36 photos? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photo/#x3)
- He printed 12 photos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photo/#x4)
- Smile for the class photo! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photo/#x5)
- This is a photo of my grandad when he was little. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photo/#x6)
- Ask your friends before you share a photo of them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photo/#x7)
- The photo shows a koala in a gum tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photo/#x8)

### note

Plural «photos» (not «photoes»). «Take a photo», not «make a photo». Maths: a thing counted. «Photos per page» gives a rate: pages = photos ÷ per page, rounded up. Trap: leftover photos still need one more page.

### In the corpora

- [In March 2024 photo agencies withdrew a Mother's Day family photo because it had been edited, and the Princess apologised.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/16/)
- [Many online photos are filtered or edited; comparing your real face to an edited picture is unfair on yourself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies/9/)
- [Gossip about a famous person's love life is entertainment, not real news, and much of it is guessing from photos.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/11/)
- [Paparazzi photos are taken without permission; many famous people hate being followed, and their homes are private, just like ours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/13/)
- [Photos online are often smoothed with filters; real skin has lines and spots, and nobody looks like a filter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «photo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/photo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.