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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkləʊsʌp/
- Hyphenation: close-up
Adjective
close-up (not comparable)
- In near proximity.
1969 March 21, “Science: Rousing End to a Relaxed Flight”, in Time:A worldwide TV audience had a close-up view of the astronauts when they splashed down and as they emerged from the bobbing spaceship they call Gumdrop.
Noun
close-up (plural close-ups)
- (photography) A photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale, and occupies most or all of the frame.
Translations
photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale
Further reading
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English close-up.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kloˈza.pi/, /kloˈzap/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kloˈzap/, /kloˈza.pi/
Noun
close-up m (plural close-ups)
- (photography) close-up (photography in which the subject is shown at a large scale)
- Synonym: close