close-up
Americannoun
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a photograph taken at close range or with a long focal-length lens, on a relatively large scale.
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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.
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an intimate view or presentation of anything.
adjective
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of or resembling a close-up.
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intimate or detailed; close-in.
noun
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a photograph or film or television shot taken at close range
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a detailed or intimate view or examination
a close-up of modern society
verb
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to shut entirely
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(intr) to draw together
the ranks closed up
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(intr) (of wounds) to heal completely
Etymology
Origin of close-up
An Americanism first recorded in 1910–15; noun use of adverbial phrase close up
Example Sentences
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But we were sitting in these rafters of a theater filming and we’re in the middle of the scene, I’m on my close-up and Patricia is talking to me and I’m looking in her eyes and I start crying because she’s moving me, but that’s not how the scene was written.
From Los Angeles Times
The Actor Awards are ready for their close-up.
From Los Angeles Times
Contact binaries gained widespread attention when NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured close-up images of one in January 2019.
From Science Daily
This new hypothesis attempts to solve a long-standing question in vision science: why do such varied factors, from close-up work and dim indoor lighting to treatments like atropine drops, multifocal lenses, and increased time outdoors, all seem to affect how myopia progresses?
From Science Daily
Importantly, the researchers predict that any treatment approach may be less effective if individuals continue prolonged close-up focusing indoors under dim lighting conditions.
From Science Daily
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