"close-up" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkləʊsʌp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-close-up.wav [Southern-England]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} close-up (not comparable)
  1. In near proximity. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: close-up lens
    Sense id: en-close-up-en-adj-mc-uy87F

Noun

IPA: /ˈkləʊsʌp/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-close-up.wav [Southern-England] Forms: close-ups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Photography Related terms: closeup [noun] Translations (photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale): 特寫 (Chinese Mandarin), 特写 (tèxiě) (Chinese Mandarin), nærbillede [neuter] (Danish), foto de proksima distanco (Esperanto), lähikuva (Finnish), gros plan (French), plan rapproché [masculine] (French), Nahaufnahme [feminine] (German), nærmynd [feminine] (Icelandic), primo piano [masculine] (Italian), nærbilde [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), nærbilde [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), nærbilete [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), کلوزآپ (kloz-âp) (Persian), close-up [masculine] (Portuguese), close [masculine] (Portuguese), primer plano [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-close-up-en-noun-PNrjI6MF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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