Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of photo
"The photographer handed me several photos from our trip to the mountains."
In plain English: Photos are pictures that you take with a camera or your phone to remember moments.
"I showed my friends the photos from our vacation last summer."
Usage: Use "photos" to refer to multiple photographs when speaking casually or in informal contexts. It functions strictly as the plural noun for individual pictures and should not be used as an adjective modifying another noun.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of photo
"He always photos his food before he eats it so he can post them online later."
In plain English: To take pictures with a camera or phone.
"We should photos the sunset before it disappears behind the clouds."
Usage: Do not use "photos" as a verb to mean taking pictures; instead, use the third-person singular form "photos" only when referring to someone who regularly takes photographs, such as in "He photos events for his blog." For the action itself, say "he photographs events," and for the noun meaning pictures, keep using "photos."
Derived from Ancient Greek phōs (light), this term originally meant light itself but now functions as a shortened form of photograph or photography to denote pictures taken with a camera.