PHOTO FINISH

Meaning of PHOTO FINISH in English

— photo-finish , adj.

Sports.

a finish of a race in which two or more contestants are so close to the finish line that reference to a photograph of the finish is necessary to determine the winner.

[ 1935-40 ]

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PHOTO FINISH — noun Date: 1936 a race or finish in which contestants are so close that a photograph of them as they …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PHOTO FINISH — noun 1. : a finish in which racing contestants are so close that a photograph of them as they cross …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHOTO FINISH — race that is so close that the victor can only be determined by examining a photograph; close finish
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PHOTO FINISH — Date: 1936 1. : a race or finish in which contestants are so close that a photograph of them as …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PHOTO FINISH — Function: noun Date: 1936 1 : a race or finish in which contestants are so close that a photograph of …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PHOTO FINISH — ■ noun a close finish of a race in which the winner is identifiable only from a photograph of competitors …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PHOTO FINISH — [photo finish] n (1936) 1: a race in which contestants are so close that a photograph of them as they …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PHOTO FINISH — noun [ usually sing. ] the end of a race in which the leading runners or horses are so close …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PHOTO FINISH — ˌphoto ˈfinish BrE AmE noun [countable] the end of a race in which the leading runners finish so close together …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PHOTO FINISH — see photo-finish
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PHOTO-FINISH — also photo finish ( photo-finishes) If the end of a race is a photo-finish , two or more of the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PHOTO FINISH — see photo-finish
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PHOTO-FINISH — also photo finish (~es) If the end of a race is a ~, two or more of the competitors cross …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PHOTO FINISH — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Latest polls suggest Sunday's election will be a photo finish . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PHOTO FINISH — {n. phr.} A close finish in a race of people or animals, where the camera must decide the actual result, …
Slang English vocab
PHOTO FINISH — See ↑ EQUAL/NOT EQUAL 4
Longman Activator English vocab
PHOTO FINISH — {n. phr.} A close finish in a race of people or animals, where the camera must decide the actual result, …
Словарь английских идиом
PHOTO FINISH — n. phr. A close finish in a race of people or animals, where the camera must decide the actual result, …
American Idioms English vocabulary
PHOTO-FINISH — сущ.; спорт фотофиниш Syn : photofinish
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PHOTO-FINISH — сущ.; спортфотофиниш Syn:photofinish
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PHOTO FINISH — фотофиниш
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PHOTO FINISH — фотофиниш
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PHOTO-FINISH — сущ. ; спорт. фотофиниш Syn: photofinish
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PHOTO-FINISH — сущ.; спорт. фотофиниш Syn: photofinish
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PHOTO-FINISH — сущ.; спорт фотофиниш Syn : photofinish
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PHOTO — n photo, snapshot
Interlingua English vocab
PHOTO — hulagway
English-Visayan vocabulary
PHOTO — I. noun (plural ~s) Date: 1860 ~graph , II. verb Date: 1868 ~graph , III. adjective Date: 1888 ~graphic 1
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PHOTO — I. ˈfōd.(ˌ)ō, ˈfō(ˌ)tō noun ( -s ) Etymology: by shortening : photograph II. verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: by shortening …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FINISH — I. ˈfinish, -nēsh, chiefly in pres part -nəsh verb ( -ed/-ing/-es ) Etymology: Middle English finisshen, from Middle French feniss-, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHOTO — /foh"toh/ , n. , pl. photos . 1. photograph. 2. Informal. See photo finish . [ 1855-60; shortened form of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FINISH — — finisher , n. /fin"ish/ , v.t. 1. to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FINISH — I. ˈfi-nish verb Etymology: Middle English finisshen, from Anglo-French finiss-, stem of finir, from Latin finire, from finis Date: 14th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FINISH — noun completion; opposed to start, or beginning. 2. finish ·noun that which finishes, puts an end to/ or perfects. …
Webster English vocab
PHOTO — [pho.to] n, pl photos (1860): photograph [2]photo vb (1868): photograph [3]photo adj (1889): photographic 1
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PHOTO — photo BrE AmE ˈfəʊt əʊ AmE \ ˈfoʊt̬ oʊ ▷ photo|s z ▶ ˈ photo call BrE AmE ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PHOTO — / ˈfəʊtəʊ; NAmE ˈfoʊtoʊ/ noun ( pl. -os ) = photograph : a colour / black-and-white photo a passport photo …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FINISH — / ˈfɪnɪʃ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb 1. to stop doing sth or making sth because it is …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PHOTO- — photo- /fəʊtəʊ, -tə $ foʊtoʊ, -tə/ BrE AmE prefix technical [ Language: Greek ; Origin: phos 'light' ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PHOTO — I. pho ‧ to S3 W3 /ˈfəʊtəʊ $ ˈfoʊtoʊ/ BrE AmE noun ( plural photos ) [countable] informal [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FINISH — I. fin ‧ ish 1 S1 W2 /ˈfɪnɪʃ/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: verb : ↑ finish ; noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PHOTO — n. & v. --n. (pl. -os) = PHOTOGRAPH n. --v.tr. (-oes, -oed) = PHOTOGRAPH v. øphoto-call an occasion on which …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FINISH — v. & n. --v. 1 tr. a (often foll. by off) bring to an end; come to the end of; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PHOTO — n. & v. n. (pl. -os) = PHOTOGRAPH n. v.tr. (-oes, -oed) = PHOTOGRAPH v. photo-call an occasion on which …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FINISH — v. & n. v. 1 tr. a (often foll. by off) bring to an end; come to the end of; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PHOTO — n. & v. --n. (pl. -os) PHOTOGRAPH n. --v.tr. (-oes, -oed) PHOTOGRAPH v. Phrases and idioms: photo-call an occasion on …
Oxford English vocab
FINISH — v. & n. --v. 1. tr. a (often foll. by off) bring to an end; come to the end of; …
Oxford English vocab
PHOTO- — Photo- is added to nouns and adjectives in order to form other nouns and adjectives which refer or relate to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PHOTO — ( photos) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. A photo is the same …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FINISH — ( finishes, finishing, finished) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PHOTO — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cover photo/shot (= picture on the front cover ) ▪ The picture became the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FINISH — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES as good as done/finished etc ▪ The summer’s as good as over. come/finish etc …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PHOTO — (PHOTOGRAPH) [noun] [C] [plural] photos [informal] - a photographShe took a lot of photos of the kids.Would you like to …
Cambridge English vocab
FINISH — [noun] [C]It was a very close finish (= end to the race), but I just managed to win.Most political commentators …
Cambridge English vocab
PHOTO — n. Function: verb Synonyms: PHOTOGRAPH , shoot Idioms: take a photo (of)
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PHOTO — verb Synonyms: photograph , shoot Idioms: take a photo (of)
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PHOTO — noun ⇨ See also ↑ photograph ADJECTIVE ▪ exclusive ▪ The magazine has exclusive ~s of the wedding. ▪ autographed …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FINISH — I. noun 1 last part/end of sth ADJECTIVE ▪ exciting , fantastic , good , great , thrilling , tremendous …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FINISH — INDEX: to finish doing something 1. to finish doing something or making something 2. to have nearly finished something 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
FINISH — v. 1 stop, conclude, end, cease When you have finished eating, please clear the table 2 complete, accomplish, perfect, achieve, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PHOTO — сущ. 1) сокр. от photograph 1. фотография, снимок Syn : snapshot, picture 2) сокр. от photo-finish спорт фотофиниш (разговорное) фотография, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FINISH — 1. сущ. 1) а) конец, окончание at the finish ≈ в конце to the finish ≈ до конца to be …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PHOTO — photo.ogg 1. ʹfəʋt|əʋ n ( pl -os -ʹfəʋtəʋz ) разг. фотография, снимок 2. ʹfəʋtəʋ v разг. снимать, фотографировать we were …
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