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close-up
[ klohs-uhp ]
noun
- a photograph taken at close range or with a long focal-length lens, on a relatively large scale.
- Also called close shot. Movies, Television. a camera shot taken at a very short distance from the subject, to permit a close and detailed view of an object or action. Compare long shot ( def 3 ), medium shot.
- an intimate view or presentation of anything.
adjective
- of or resembling a close-up.
- intimate or detailed; close-in.
close-up
/ ˈ°ì±ôəʊ²õˌʌ±è /
noun
- a photograph or film or television shot taken at close range
- a detailed or intimate view or examination
a close-up of modern society
verb
- to shut entirely
- intr to draw together
the ranks closed up
- intr (of wounds) to heal completely
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of close-up1
Idioms and Phrases
Also, close up shop . Stop doing business, temporarily or permanently; also, stop working. For example, The bank is closing up all its overseas branches , or That's enough work for one day—I'm closing up shop and going home . [Late 1500s]Example Sentences
Southern California Edison crews are scaling tall electrical towers, testing the nearby soil and taking close-up images of electrical equipment, the latest detailed examination to determine exactly what sparked the disastrous Eaton fire.
Two weeks ago, Delaney published a tight close-up photo of herself and Morgan with their faces nearly touching, captioning it “Pure love†with a red heart emoji and the hashtags #lucky and #grateful.
However, reading and doing other close-up activities in what is referred to as “near-work,†was not associated with near-sightedness, said study author Dr. Donald Mutti, an optometrist and researcher at the Ohio State University College of Optometry.
When infants are born, their eyes are not developed to focus on close-up objects well, and this naturally improves as the eye grows.
That Nyoni films this scene from a distance — the film’s only prominent living male character doesn’t rate a close-up — says something.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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