close-up

close-up

See also: close up and closeup

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kləʊsˈʌp/
• Hyphenation: close-up

Adjective

close-up (not comparable)

1. In near proximity.
   • 1969 March 21, "Science: Rousing End to a Relaxed Flight," 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.

Related terms

• close-up lens

Noun

close-up (plural close-ups)

1. (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.

Related terms

• closeup (noun)

Translations

photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale

Chinese: Mandarin: 特寫／特写 (zh) (tèxiě) Finnish: lähikuva (fi) French: gros plan (fr), plan rapproché (fr) m German: Nahaufnahme f Icelandic: nærmynd f Italian: primo piano m Norwegian: Bokmål: nærbilde n Nynorsk: nærbilde n, nærbilete n Persian: کلوزآپ‎ (kloz-âp) Portuguese: close-up m, close (pt) m Spanish: primer plano m

Further reading

• close-up on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• couples, culpeos, opuscle, up close, upclose

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English close-up.

Noun

close-up m (plural close-ups)

1. (photography) close-up (photography in which the subject is shown at a large scale)

   Synonym: close