screenshot

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noun

screen·shot ˈskrēn-ˌshät

: an image that shows the contents of a computer display

screenshot

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verb

screenshotted; screenshotting; screenshots

transitive verb

: to capture a screenshot of (an image on a computer display)

"Amazing … Can you screenshot that and send it to me?"—

Laura Loomer

… while you can prevent someone from forwarding an email, you can't stop them from screenshotting it and sending the image on.—

Jon Porter

The White House quickly deleted the tweet, but … somebody managed to screenshot it first.—

Sophie Lloyd

Examples of screenshot in a Sentence

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Noun

The first post was a screenshot of an app that details the entrepreneur’s sleep schedule. —

Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024 McGregor deleted his post, but MMA On Point grabbed a screenshot and Muhammad’s reply. —

Brian Mazique, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024

Verb

Ahead, see everything celebrity hairstylists have to say about trending winter haircuts—and get ready to screenshot. —

Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 5 Nov. 2024 Key Facts Screenshots or screen recordings of disappearing messages in Instagram direct messages will be blocked, which means when a user tries to screenshot an image meant to only be viewed once, a black screen will appear. —

Lindsey Choo, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for screenshot