Camera Definition: Examples, Phrases, and Exercises

To grow your knowledge of the “camera” definition, it is better to learn this term in context, which is common for social media posts, blogs and communication in messengers.

Repeating the same term without knowing the “camera” synonyms can make your English not that interesting. Below, you will find alternative words to say.

Related nouns: photo picture image

Synonyms (contextual): cam photographic device

Common collocations: digital camera front camera buy a camera

With these combinations, you will improve your English fluency and accuracy. Your speech and writing skills become clear, allowing more people to understand your ideas.

With adjectives: expensive camera small camera old camera

With verbs: use a camera charge a camera turn on a camera

With nouns (noun + noun): camera lens camera bag camera setting

Idioms are some fun and deep in meaning phrases that you can use to make your speech more interesting. Let’s learn the most popular among English speakers.

• Cameras don’t lie — when you capture a moment, it becomes a true and a fact.

  You look amazing in this outfit! Look at the picture, cameras don’t lie.

• Lights, camera, action — to start a performance or any other action.

  Are you ready for the online meeting? Okay, guys, lights, camera, action!

• Off camera — something that is happening and not being filmed.

  This actor plays bad guys, but off camera, he is the sweetest person.

We prepared A1-friendly activities for you to check how well you memorized the description of “camera.”

Find out how to spell “camera” in three different languages. It will help you to improve your cultural knowledge.

To define “camera” and memorize it, you can read some facts that may blow your mind and improve your English.

• The largest camera worldwide weighs 2,800 kg.

  It is called the Rubin Observatory LSST Camera installed by Charles Simonyi Survey Telescope in 2024.

• The price of the most expensive camera is $2.95 million.

  The most expensive camera ever sold was a prototype from 1923. There were only 25 such cameras made.

• The first photo took 8 hours to be shown.

  The photograph Joseph Nicéphore Niépce made around 1826 and the exposure (for the photo to be visible) was 8 hours.

There are some quotes from popular people that show how cameras are important for our lives: daily, during some ceremonies, celebrations, travels, and more.