Zoom
verb
Move quickly with a loud sound.
The car zoomed past us on the highway.
Often appears as...
- zoom past
- zoom off
verb
Increase very quickly.
The price of housing in the city has zoomed in the past decade.
Often appears as...
- zoom up
- zoom ahead
noun
A rapid movement.
With a zoom, the bird took off from the branch.
Often appears as...
- with a zoom
- make a zoom
verb
Change a camera's lens setting to make the subject appear closer or farther away.
Zoom in to get a close-up of the flower.
Often appears as...
- zoom in
- zoom out
Usage tips
Technical
verb
Move quickly with a loud sound.
The car zoomed past us on the highway.
Often appears as...
- zoom past
- zoom off
verb
Increase very quickly.
The price of housing in the city has zoomed in the past decade.
Often appears as...
- zoom up
- zoom ahead
noun
A rapid movement.
With a zoom, the bird took off from the branch.
Often appears as...
- with a zoom
- make a zoom
verb
Change a camera's lens setting to make the subject appear closer or farther away.
Zoom in to get a close-up of the flower.
Often appears as...
- zoom in
- zoom out
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Movement Sound
Used to emphasize the sound associated with fast movement.
The motorcycle zoomed down the road with a roar.
Pro Tip 2/2Action Speed
Describes something moving exceptionally fast, often unexpectedly.
I barely saw the runner; he zoomed by in seconds.
Pro Tip 1/2Movement Sound
Used to emphasize the sound associated with fast movement.
The motorcycle zoomed down the road with a roar.
Pro Tip 2/2Action Speed
Describes something moving exceptionally fast, often unexpectedly.
I barely saw the runner; he zoomed by in seconds.
Pro Tip 1/2Movement Sound
Used to emphasize the sound associated with fast movement.
The motorcycle zoomed down the road with a roar.
Pro Tip 2/2Action Speed
Describes something moving exceptionally fast, often unexpectedly.
I barely saw the runner; he zoomed by in seconds.
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String theory - Brian...
some thickness it's very hard to see it though from far away but if we zoom in and take their perspective to say a little ant walking around little ants are so small that they can access all the dimensions the long dimension but also this clockwise counterclockwise direction and I hope you appreciate this
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The puzzle of motivation...
zoom straight ahead to it, they work really well. But for the real candle problem, you don't want to be looking like this. The solution is on the periphery. You want to be looking around. That reward actually narrows our focus and restricts our possibility. Let me tell you why this is so important.
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At what moment are you...
But where do all these discredited theories leave us? What we now know is that life is not contained in some magical substance or spark, but within the ongoing biological processes themselves. And to understand these processes, we need to zoom down to the level of our individual cells.
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What's hidden under the...
but first I should point out that the crevasse is about a thousand times narrower than it is deep, so in the main panel here, we've zoomed in to better see the details. You can look to the smaller panel on the right to see the true scale for how tall and skinny the crevasse is.
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Accessible fart machines...
the button on that remote-control car to get it to zoom around the room if she wanted to she is prevented from an activity that we often don't think about in terms of accessibility play the secret about the whole thing was that if somebody in her life knew how to easily
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Photographing the Real...
chunk of comb around the bees face but when I zoomed in on it so many hairs it catches all these little bits of dirt and dust and I remembered this this trick that I learned from a scientist at the USDA and she said take an eyelash glue it to the end of any little
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You can grow new brain...
is that this is important for learning, memory, mood and emotion. However, what we have learned more recently is that this is one of the unique structures of the adult brain where new neurons can be generated. And if we slice through the hippocampus and zoom in,
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What we can learn from...
but we also need to remember that innovation, ingenuity, inspiration -- these things come when we broaden our field of vision when we step back when we zoom out. And I can't think of a better way to do this than by studying the universe around us. Thanks.
Video examples
Jedidah Isler: How I...
in the jet, shown here in white. Although the blazar system is rare, the process by which nature pulls in material via a disk, and then flings some of it out via a jet, is more common. We'll eventually zoom out of the blazar system
Video examples
Dive with Octopuses and...
life as we zoom through it keep your eyes open we're swimming through many different species
Video examples
String theory - Brian...
some thickness it's very hard to see it though from far away but if we zoom in and take their perspective to say a little ant walking around little ants are so small that they can access all the dimensions the long dimension but also this clockwise counterclockwise direction and I hope you appreciate this
Video examples
The puzzle of motivation...
zoom straight ahead to it, they work really well. But for the real candle problem, you don't want to be looking like this. The solution is on the periphery. You want to be looking around. That reward actually narrows our focus and restricts our possibility. Let me tell you why this is so important.
Video examples
At what moment are you...
But where do all these discredited theories leave us? What we now know is that life is not contained in some magical substance or spark, but within the ongoing biological processes themselves. And to understand these processes, we need to zoom down to the level of our individual cells.
Video examples
What's hidden under the...
but first I should point out that the crevasse is about a thousand times narrower than it is deep, so in the main panel here, we've zoomed in to better see the details. You can look to the smaller panel on the right to see the true scale for how tall and skinny the crevasse is.
Video examples
Accessible fart machines...
the button on that remote-control car to get it to zoom around the room if she wanted to she is prevented from an activity that we often don't think about in terms of accessibility play the secret about the whole thing was that if somebody in her life knew how to easily
Video examples
Photographing the Real...
chunk of comb around the bees face but when I zoomed in on it so many hairs it catches all these little bits of dirt and dust and I remembered this this trick that I learned from a scientist at the USDA and she said take an eyelash glue it to the end of any little
Video examples
You can grow new brain...
is that this is important for learning, memory, mood and emotion. However, what we have learned more recently is that this is one of the unique structures of the adult brain where new neurons can be generated. And if we slice through the hippocampus and zoom in,
Video examples
What we can learn from...
but we also need to remember that innovation, ingenuity, inspiration -- these things come when we broaden our field of vision when we step back when we zoom out. And I can't think of a better way to do this than by studying the universe around us. Thanks.
Video examples
Jedidah Isler: How I...
in the jet, shown here in white. Although the blazar system is rare, the process by which nature pulls in material via a disk, and then flings some of it out via a jet, is more common. We'll eventually zoom out of the blazar system
Video examples
Dive with Octopuses and...
life as we zoom through it keep your eyes open we're swimming through many different species
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Quote examples
Colin O'Donoghue
Irish Actor
The Conversation' is one that, if you watch 'The Conversation' for the opening sequence, where you hear a conversation taking place as the master - this zoom from way up is zooming in over a park. And I was just absolutely blown away by it because you can hear exactly what's happening, but you don't see. You've got no idea who's talking.
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Henry Selick
American Director
I think that one of the things that I can do is I seem to have the ability to zoom in super tight for very small details, but then jump back for sort of that big picture perspective. And I think that ultimately, that's one of my strengths, because you have - every detail matters.
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Joe Burrow
American Football Player
It's been super weird because you have zoom meetings and then it's like high school again, I'm stuck at home with my parents and the only time I get out of the house is to workout. Let's just say it's not been how I envisioned my pre draft process going.
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Atom Egoyan
Canadian Director
The film camera's ability to physically move through space, not zoom through space - every time we have a video camera the movement is through zoom; every time we have a film camera it is a physical movement.
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Jacob Collier
English Musician
I love to zoom in and study why a chord is making me feel a certain way, but then I've learnt to zoom out again. Because if I'm not actually feeling it, there's not much point making it in the first place.
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Morgan Saylor
American Actress
When I went to prom, I was in a group picture, and a parent zoomed in and took the picture of only me. I was weirded out, and later he was like, 'Sorry, I was sending that to my sister.
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Pamela Druckerman
American Writer
One of the many problems with parenting is that kids keep changing. Just when you're used to one stage, they zoom into another.
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Guy Kawasaki
American Businessman
A company should search for every instance of the use of its name and zoom in when there are issues - both good and bad.
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Whitney Wolfe Herd
American Businesswoman
Life is about perspective and how you look at something... ultimately, you have to zoom out.
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David Bailey
English Photographer
Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love.
Quote examples
Colin O'Donoghue
Irish Actor
The Conversation' is one that, if you watch 'The Conversation' for the opening sequence, where you hear a conversation taking place as the master - this zoom from way up is zooming in over a park. And I was just absolutely blown away by it because you can hear exactly what's happening, but you don't see. You've got no idea who's talking.
Quote examples
Henry Selick
American Director
I think that one of the things that I can do is I seem to have the ability to zoom in super tight for very small details, but then jump back for sort of that big picture perspective. And I think that ultimately, that's one of my strengths, because you have - every detail matters.
Quote examples
Joe Burrow
American Football Player
It's been super weird because you have zoom meetings and then it's like high school again, I'm stuck at home with my parents and the only time I get out of the house is to workout. Let's just say it's not been how I envisioned my pre draft process going.
Quote examples
Atom Egoyan
Canadian Director
The film camera's ability to physically move through space, not zoom through space - every time we have a video camera the movement is through zoom; every time we have a film camera it is a physical movement.
Quote examples
Jacob Collier
English Musician
I love to zoom in and study why a chord is making me feel a certain way, but then I've learnt to zoom out again. Because if I'm not actually feeling it, there's not much point making it in the first place.
Quote examples
Morgan Saylor
American Actress
When I went to prom, I was in a group picture, and a parent zoomed in and took the picture of only me. I was weirded out, and later he was like, 'Sorry, I was sending that to my sister.
Quote examples
Pamela Druckerman
American Writer
One of the many problems with parenting is that kids keep changing. Just when you're used to one stage, they zoom into another.
Quote examples
Guy Kawasaki
American Businessman
A company should search for every instance of the use of its name and zoom in when there are issues - both good and bad.
Quote examples
Whitney Wolfe Herd
American Businesswoman
Life is about perspective and how you look at something... ultimately, you have to zoom out.
Quote examples
David Bailey
English Photographer
Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love.
Example 1 of 10
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