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camera

3 definitions • 4 examples
1
a device for taking photographs or making films or television programmes:

Examples:

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).
2

Examples:

They were caught on camera as they brutally attacked a man.
3
a device for taking photographs, making films, or recording images on videotape

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