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screenshot

American

[skreen-shot] / ˈskrinˌʃɒt /

Or screen shot

noun

Also called screen capture. Also called screencap. a copy or image of what is seen on a computer monitor or other screen at a given time.

Save the screenshot as a graphics file.

verb (used with object)

screenshot, screenshotted, screenshotting

to take a screenshot of.

You can screenshot the error message and send it to me.

screenshot British

/ ˈskriːnˌʃɒt /

noun

an image created by copying part or all of the display on a computer screen at a particular moment, for example in order to demonstrate the use of a piece of software

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

screenshots

plural

Etymology

Origin of screenshot

First recorded in 1980–85; screen ( def. ) + shot ¹

Example Sentences

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We should say it more often: Screenshotting, in just about all of its forms, is one of the best inventions of the internet age.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2018

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