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PHOTO FINISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does photo finish mean? 

PHOTO FINISH (noun)
  The noun PHOTO FINISH has 1 sense:

1. in general, any very close finish; in particular, a finish of a race in which the contestants are so close together that the winner must be determined from a photograph taken at the instant of finishingplay

  Familiarity information: PHOTO FINISH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PHOTO FINISH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In general, any very close finish; in particular, a finish of a race in which the contestants are so close together that the winner must be determined from a photograph taken at the instant of finishing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("photo finish" is a kind of...):

finish (designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race))


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