camera
♦♦ cam|era /k'æmrə/ (cameras)
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A camera is a piece of equipment that is used for taking photographs, making films, or producing television pictures.
Her gran lent her a camera for a school trip to Venice and Egypt.
...a video camera...
They were caught speeding by hidden cameras.
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If someone or something is on camera, they are being filmed.
Just about anything could happen and we'll be there to catch it on camera when it does.
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If you do something or if something happens off camera, you do it or it happens when not being filmed.
They were anything but friendly off-camera, refusing even to take the same lift.
...off-camera interviews.
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If a trial is held in camera, the public and the press are not allowed to attend. (FORMAL)
This morning's appeal was held in camera...cam|era phone (camera phones)
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A camera phone is a mobile phone that can also take photographs.digi|tal cam|era (digital cameras)
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A digital camera is a camera that produces digital images that can be stored on a computer, displayed on a screen, and printed.
The speed with which digital cameras can take, process and transmit an image is phenomenal.se|cu|rity cam|era (security cameras)
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A security camera is a video camera that records people's activities in order to detect and prevent crime.speed cam|era (speed cameras)
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A speed camera is a camera positioned at the side of a road which automatically photographs vehicles that are going faster than is allowed. The photographs can be used as evidence in a court of law.video camera (video cameras)
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A video camera is a camera that you use to record something that is happening so that you can watch it later.
1 [N-COUNT]
A camera is a piece of equipment that is used for taking photographs, making films, or producing television pictures.
Her gran lent her a camera for a school trip to Venice and Egypt.
...a video camera...
They were caught speeding by hidden cameras.
2 [PHRASE] usu PHR after v, v-link PHR
If someone or something is on camera, they are being filmed.
Just about anything could happen and we'll be there to catch it on camera when it does.
3 [PHRASE] usu PHR after v, PHR n
If you do something or if something happens off camera, you do it or it happens when not being filmed.
They were anything but friendly off-camera, refusing even to take the same lift.
...off-camera interviews.
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If a trial is held in camera, the public and the press are not allowed to attend. (FORMAL)
This morning's appeal was held in camera...cam|era phone (camera phones)
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A camera phone is a mobile phone that can also take photographs.digi|tal cam|era (digital cameras)
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A digital camera is a camera that produces digital images that can be stored on a computer, displayed on a screen, and printed.
The speed with which digital cameras can take, process and transmit an image is phenomenal.se|cu|rity cam|era (security cameras)
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A security camera is a video camera that records people's activities in order to detect and prevent crime.speed cam|era (speed cameras)
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A speed camera is a camera positioned at the side of a road which automatically photographs vehicles that are going faster than is allowed. The photographs can be used as evidence in a court of law.video camera (video cameras)
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A video camera is a camera that you use to record something that is happening so that you can watch it later.