ZOOM


Meaning of ZOOM in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

shoot/rise/zoom to stardom (= become famous very quickly )

Ellen shot to stardom as a model last year.

zoom lens

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

A fire engine zoomed past us.

The plane zoomed low over the airfield.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

It is possible that this has contributed to the risk of the glider zooming too high just after take off.

The camera zoomed close to show my California license plates.

II. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

lens

Nikon use an optical zoom lens that has a 2.5x range.

One close-up taken with a zoom lens .

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