"closeup" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkləʊs.ʌp/ Forms: closeups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} closeup (plural closeups)
  1. (film) A video or film recording made with the camera positioned close to an actor, often so that only the head or face is visible. Translations (A film made with the camera close to an actor): близък план (blizǎk plan) (Bulgarian), 特寫 /特写 (tèxiě) (Chinese Mandarin), lähikuva (Finnish), gros plan [masculine] (French), primo piano [masculine] (Italian), zbliżenie [neuter] (Polish), кру́пный план (krúpnyj plan) [masculine] (Russian), primer plano [masculine] (Spanish), närbild [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-closeup-en-noun-Q8L-A9Uw Categories (other): Film, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 81 19 Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television Disambiguation of 'A film made with the camera close to an actor': 99 1
  2. Alternative form of close-up Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: close-up
    Sense id: en-closeup-en-noun-A~gRe5X1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: two shot, wide shot

Inflected forms

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