cameranoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkæm.rə/us/ˈkæm.rə/A1 a device for taking photographs or making films or television programmes:
I forgot to take my camera with me to Portugal, so I couldn't take any photos.
Television camera crews broadcast the event all round the world.
It was said of Marilyn Monroe that the camera loved her (= that she looked very attractive on film and in photographs).
on camera
appearing on a section of video:
They were caught on camera as they brutally attacked a man.
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- I must look like the typical tourist with my shorts and my camera.
- She's very pleased with her new camera and was snapping away the whole time we were abroad.
- He's just bought a new digital camera.
- More banks are now installing surveillance cameras.
- The camera focused on a group of women whose faces were tormented by/with grief.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Photography
- airbrush
- aperture
- camera obscura
- camera-shy
- capture
- carousel
- hologram
- holography
- kinetoscope
- lo-res
- low-resolution
- negative
- selfie
- sharp
- shoot
- shutter
- slide
- SLR camera
- snapshot
- superimpose
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