zoom out
phrasal verb
zoomed out; zooming out; zooms out
: (of a person) to adjust the lens of a camera or (of a camera) to adjust its lens so that the image seems to be smaller and farther away
The photographer zoomed out to get the widest possible view of the scene.
The camera zoomed out to show a wider view of the scene.
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The camera then zooms out to reveal Chalamet flanked by four young men who bear varying degrees of resemblance to the actor, dressed like his Wonka character, Bob Dylan, and in classic Timmy street style.
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025
The extreme zoom out from the lattice-like ceiling of the police station when Ray Wise’s Leland Palmer is being interrogated at the police station in a Season 2 episode.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Now zoom out until the grid lines disappear and the system becomes a smooth sheet — a quantum field.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
Much of the nation stayed hunkered down on Tuesday as the final edges of a major winter storm zoomed out to sea after cutting a 1,100-mile west-to-east swath from the central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025
The extreme zoom out from the lattice-like ceiling of the police station when Ray Wise’s Leland Palmer is being interrogated at the police station in a Season 2 episode.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Now zoom out until the grid lines disappear and the system becomes a smooth sheet — a quantum field.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
Much of the nation stayed hunkered down on Tuesday as the final edges of a major winter storm zoomed out to sea after cutting a 1,100-mile west-to-east swath from the central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Zoom out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zoom%20out. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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