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taking a picture

taking a picture is the present participle and gerund of take a picture.

Meaning of take a picture

Verb

take a picture (third-person singular simple present takes a picture, present participle taking a picture, simple past took a picture, past participle taken a picture)

  1. (idiomatic) To photographically capture an image
    • I took a picture of my family.
  2. (informal) Used as a rebuke to someone perceived to be staring at one. Also take a picture, it'll last longer.

Questions about taking a picture

What is taking a picture the present participle and gerund of?
Taking a picture is the present participle and gerund of take a picture.

Words near taking a picture in the dictionary

  1. taking a nap
  2. taking a number
  3. taking a page out of someone's book
  4. taking a page out of someone's playbook
  5. taking a pew
  6. taking a picture
  7. taking a pill
  8. taking a piss
  9. taking a pitch
  10. taking a powder
  11. taking a pull

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taking a picture (page history and authors); take a picture (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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