zoom in
Britishverb
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(intr, adverb) photog films television to increase rapidly the magnification of the image of a distant object by means of a zoom lens
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to examine the smallest details of a subject
Example Sentences
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The heatmaps visualise all public activity recorded of all its users around the globe - allowing users to zoom in and explore different parts of the world.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
But zoom in and the tension makes more sense.
From Slate • Jan. 12, 2026
A new city can be a challenge—see, eat, experience it all—or an invitation to zoom in on one area and live like a local.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
"We wanted to really show the damage -- to zoom in on exactly how pre- and post-synaptic terminals were being harmed," says Research Associate Elisa Nicoloso Simões-Pires.
From Science Daily • Oct. 22, 2025
The needle goes in my other earlobe, and small bubbles, like multicolored marbles, enter from the left and zoom in front of my face until I lose sight of them.
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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