zoomed; zooming; zooms
1
a
: to move with a loud low hum or buzz
b
: to go speedily : zip
cars zooming by on the highway
2
of an airplane
: to climb for a short time at an angle greater than that which can be maintained in steady flight so that the machine is carried upward at the expense of stored kinetic energy
3
4
: to increase sharply
retail sales zoomed
: to cause to zoom
Zoomed; Zooming; Zooms
: to use the Zoom service to hold or participate in online meetings with enabled video support
… last week I Zoomed with friends in Ireland that I hadn't talked to in years …—
Megan Schuster and Michael Surrey
Megan Schuster and Michael SurreyIn the other room, while I was slacking off, my wife would be Zooming with her coworkers …—Andrew Hamm
Andrew HammThere's little doubt students who spend their summer Zooming with state legislators, journalists and commissioners are going to be future leaders.—Joyce M. Davis
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Examples of zoom in a Sentence
Verb (1)
They got in the car and zoomed away.
The group of bicycle racers zoomed past.
After her first successful cases she zoomed to the top of her profession.
Housing sales have zoomed in recent months.
Noun
The camera was equipped with a zoom.
The truck went by with a zoom.
Recent Examples on the Web
Melinda Sheckells, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
Chinese stocks have been zooming higher and lower in recent weeks.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
The 2,000-lumen Plus 2 and the 1,500-lumen Plus variants have lower contrast, and lack optical zoom, lens shift and dynamic iris.
—New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2024
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Verb
For 50 laps and at speeds over 215 miles per hour, Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and other titans of the grid will zoom through the night, illuminated by Las Vegas landmarks and creating a spectacle for the world to see.
—Melinda Sheckells, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2024
Chinese stocks have been zooming higher and lower in recent weeks.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
During a Covid-era zoom appearance on Tonight, Holland played dumb about rumors that previous Spider-Men Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield would appear in cameos in the 2021 No Way Home franchise installment.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
The 2,000-lumen Plus 2 and the 1,500-lumen Plus variants have lower contrast, and lack optical zoom, lens shift and dynamic iris.
—New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Zoom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zoom. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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zoom
1 of 3 verb1
: to speed along with a loud low hum or buzz
cars zooming down the highway
2
: to gain altitude quickly
the rocket zoomed into the sky
zoom
2 of 3 noun1
: an act or process of zooming
2
: a zooming sound
Zoom
3 of 3 verb
: to use the Zoom service to hold or participate in online meetings with enabled video support
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