zoom

verb

/zuːm/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they zoom	/zuːm/ /zuːm/
he / she / it zooms	/zuːmz/ /zuːmz/
past simple zoomed	/zuːmd/ /zuːmd/
past participle zoomed	/zuːmd/ /zuːmd/
-ing form zooming	/ˈzuːmɪŋ/ /ˈzuːmɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

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[intransitive] + adv./prep. (informal) to move or go somewhere very fast synonym rush, whizz
- Traffic zoomed past us.
- For five weeks they zoomed around Europe.
- She spends her time zooming around the country.
[intransitive] zoom (up) (to…) (informal) (of prices, costs, etc.) to increase a lot quickly and suddenly
- House prices have zoomed up this year.
- Shares zoomed from 1567p to 1700p.

Word Originlate 19th cent.: imitative.

noun

/zuːm/

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(also zoom lens)
[countable] a camera lens that you use to make the thing that you are photographing appear nearer to you or further away from you than it really is
- a zoom shot
[singular] the sound of a vehicle moving very fast
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Word Originlate 19th cent.: imitative.