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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024zoom /zum/USA pronunciation v. - to move quickly or suddenly with a loud humming or buzzing sound: [no object]The plane zoomed across the sky.[~ + object]He zoomed the car ahead.
- to move or go rapidly:[no object]He zoomed ahead of the others.
- Informal Terms to increase or rise suddenly and sharply:[no object]Prices zoomed.
- zoom in (on):
- to bring into closeup by using a zoom lens: [no object]zoomed in for a closeup.[~ + in (+ on) + object]to zoom in on the subject.
n. [countable] - the act or process of zooming.
- a zooming sound.
- Cinema, Informal Terms, Photographyzoom lens.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024zoom (zo̅o̅m),USA pronunciation v.i. - to move quickly or suddenly with a loud humming or buzzing sound:cars zooming by on the freeway.
- Aeronauticsto fly an airplane suddenly and sharply upward at great speed for a short distance, as in regaining altitude, clearing an obstacle, or signaling.
- Cinema[Motion Pictures, Television.]to bring a subject, scene, etc., into closeup or cause it to recede into a long shot using a zoom lens and while maintaining focus.
- Informal Termsto increase or rise suddenly and sharply:Rents would zoom without rent control laws.
v.t. - Aeronauticsto cause (an airplane) to zoom.
- to fly over (an obstacle) by zooming.
- Cinema zoom in (on):
- to bring (a subject, scene, etc.) into closeup by using a zoom lens:to zoom in for a look at the injured man; to zoom in on a candidate at a political convention.
- to examine more closely or in greater detail;
focus on:The panel zoomed in on the subject of abortion.
n. - the act or process of zooming.
- a zooming sound.
- Cinema, Informal Terms, Photography[Informal.]See zoom lens.
- Cinema, Radio and TelevisionAlso called zoom shot. [Motion Pictures, Television.]a shot in which a subject, scene, or action is brought closer or made to recede by the use of a zoom lens.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged . buzz, speed, streak, flash.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: zoom /zuːm/ vb - to make or cause to make a continuous buzzing or humming sound
- to move or cause to move with such a sound
- (intransitive) to move very rapidly; rush: we zoomed through town
- to cause (an aircraft) to climb briefly at an unusually steep angle, or (of an aircraft) to climb in this way
- (intransitive) (of prices) to rise rapidly
n - the sound or act of zooming
- See zoom lens
Etymology: 20th Century: of imitative origin |