snapshotsnap‧shot /ˈsnæpʃɒt $ -ʃɑːt/ noun [countable] 
a snapshot of his girlfriend2a piece of information that quickly gives you an idea of what the situation is like at a particular timesnapshot of The book gives us a snapshot of life in the Middle Ages.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- I sent some snapshots of the kids.
- Britain is a country in crisis, and this recent snapshot of life here proves it.
- Every basketball season is a series of snapshots.
- He occasionally takes snapshots with a simple camera.
- It is a snapshot at one point in time and is therefore only relevant to that point in time.
- Leonard said he could not believe the photographers' testimony that they had forgotten all about the snapshots until recently.
- This was the conclusion of a 72-hour period that gave us the perfect snapshot of these Rockets.
- Trends, like snapshots, need to be based on good evidence.
WORD SETS
aperture, nounblow-up, nounboom, nouncamera, nouncassette, nouncheesecake, nounclose-up, nouncomposition, nouncrop, verbdaguerrotype, noundarkroom, noundevelop, verbdeveloper, nounemulsion, nounenlargement, nounenlarger, nounexpose, verbexposure, nounfilm, nounfish-eye lens, nounfix, verbfixative, nounflash, nounflash bulb, nounflashgun, nounframe, nounglossy, noungrainy, adjectivehalftone, nounhighlight, nounhologram, nounlens, nounlight meter, nounmagic lantern, nounnegative, nounoverexpose, verbover-exposure, nounphoto, nounphoto-, prefixphoto booth, nounphotocall, nounphotocopier, nounphotograph, nounphotograph, verbphotographer, nounphotographic, adjectivephotosensitive, adjectivephotosensitize, verbphoto shoot, nounplate, nounPolaroid, nounpose, verbpose, nounprint, verbprint, nounprocess, verbreproduce, verbretake, nounretouch, verbshade, nounshot, nounshutter, nounshutterbug, nounsitting, nounslide, nounsnap, verbsnap, nounsnapshot, nounsoft focus, nounspeed, nounstereoscopic, adjectivesubject, nountelephoto lens, nounthread, verb3-D, adjectivetime-lapse, adjectivetransparency, nountripod, noununderexpose, verbunload, verbview, nounviewer, nounviewfinder, nounwide-angle lens, nounzoom lens, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The book gives us a snapshot of life in the Middle Ages.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
1a photograph taken quickly and often not very skilfully SYN snapsnapshot of The book gives us a snapshot of life in the Middle Ages.· This was the conclusion of a 72-hour period that gave us the perfect snapshot of these Rockets.
· It provides a fascinating snapshot of who you are and what you think about the paper.
· The physicists in the team got round this by taking rapidly alternating snapshots of the area in red and green light.· He occasionally takes snapshots with a simple camera.· In all my years in the Civil Serviceno one has ever brought a camera into the office and started taking snapshots!· I wonder at what point in this insane course of tutorials did teacher and pupil begin taking snapshots of each other.· It proposes to use data collection software to take a periodic snapshot of a client's system.· They shake hands, kiss greetings, exchange news and rumors, and take snapshots of each other.
a snapshot of his girlfriend2a piece of information that quickly gives you an idea of what the situation is like at a particular timesnapshot of The book gives us a snapshot of life in the Middle Ages.