Meaning

5 senses
  1. A photograph, especially one taken quickly or in a sudden moment of opportunity.

    He carried a snapshot of his daughter.

    Schnappschuss

    сни́мокsnímok, кадрkadr, стоп-ка́дрstop-kádr

  2. A glimpse of something; a portrayal of something at a moment in time.

    The article offered a snapshot of life in that region.

    Momentaufnahme

  3. A file or set of files captured at a particular time, often capable of being reloaded to restore the earlier state.

    This game is so hard that I find myself taking a snapshot every few seconds in case I get killed.

  4. A quick, unplanned or unexpected shot.

  5. A quick offhand shot, made without deliberately taking aim over the sights.

More definitions
  • an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera

Examples

12 sentences
  1. This is a snapshot of my wife on the beach.

    ruЭто снимок моей жены на пляже. — odexed

  2. Tom took a few snapshots.

  3. Polls are snapshots, they’re not predictors.

  4. May I take a snapshot of you?

  5. It would be good to take a backup snapshot immediately.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
A photograph:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
A photograph:
A glimpse of something:

Origin

From snap + shot.

From snap + shot.

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Forms

plural: snapshots
Singularsnapshot
Pluralsnapshots

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera:snapshot

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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