snapshotnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsnæp.ʃɒt/us/ˈsnæp.ʃɑːt/informalsnapshot noun [ C ] (PHOTO)
a photograph
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Photography
- airbrush
- aperture
- camera
- camera obscura
- camera-shy
- capture
- high-resolution
- hologram
- holography
- kinetoscope
- lo-res
- negative
- say cheese idiom
- selfie
- sharp
- shoot
- shutter
- slide
- SLR camera
- superimpose
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snapshot noun [ C ] (UNDERSTANDING)
a piece of information or short description that gives an understanding of a situation at a particular time:
Credit rating agencies provide a snapshot of the risks an investment poses at any one time.
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Situations and circumstances
- affair
- backdrop
- background
- case
- circumstance
- climate
- condition
- farce
- footing
- going
- matrix
- perfect storm
- picture
- position
- practicality
- scheme
- situation
- stake
- the scheme of things idiom
- thing