"zoom out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: zooms out [present, singular, third-person], zooming out [participle, present], zoomed out [participle, past], zoomed out [past]
Etymology: zoom + out Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} zoom out (third-person singular simple present zooms out, present participle zooming out, simple past and past participle zoomed out)
  1. (intransitive) To decrease the focal length of a zoom lens in order to obtain a reduced magnification of the image, or a wider-angle view. Tags: intransitive Translations (focus a zoom lens): 縮小 (Chinese Mandarin), 缩小 (suōxiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), vähendama (Estonian), loitontaa (kuva) (Finnish), dézoomer (French), zooma ut (Swedish), віддалити (viddalyty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-zoom_out-en-verb-VOhFxWUE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 80 20 Disambiguation of 'focus a zoom lens': 95 5
  2. (intransitive) To manipulate a display (such as a computer screen) so as to make the image smaller and possibly less detailed. Tags: intransitive Translations (manipulate a display so as to make it smaller): 縮小 (Chinese Mandarin), 缩小 (suōxiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), vähendama (Estonian), pienentää (näyttöä) (Finnish), dézoomer (French), zooma ut (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-zoom_out-en-verb-po3uGlyp Disambiguation of 'manipulate a display so as to make it smaller': 12 88

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for zoom out meaning in English (3.4kB)

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      "form": "zooms out",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zooming out",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "zoomed out",
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    {
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        "To decrease the focal length of a zoom lens in order to obtain a reduced magnification of the image, or a wider-angle view."
      ],
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          "zoom lens",
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        "(intransitive) To decrease the focal length of a zoom lens in order to obtain a reduced magnification of the image, or a wider-angle view."
      ],
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "sense": "focus a zoom lens",
          "word": "縮小"
        },
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "suōxiǎo",
          "sense": "focus a zoom lens",
          "word": "缩小"
        },
        {
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "focus a zoom lens",
          "word": "vähendama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "focus a zoom lens",
          "word": "loitontaa (kuva)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "focus a zoom lens",
          "word": "dézoomer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "focus a zoom lens",
          "word": "zooma ut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "viddalyty",
          "sense": "focus a zoom lens",
          "word": "віддалити"
        }
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        "To manipulate a display (such as a computer screen) so as to make the image smaller and possibly less detailed."
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        "(intransitive) To manipulate a display (such as a computer screen) so as to make the image smaller and possibly less detailed."
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        {
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "word": "缩小"
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        {
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          "lang": "Estonian",
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          "word": "vähendama"
        },
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          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "manipulate a display so as to make it smaller",
          "word": "pienentää (näyttöä)"
        },
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          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "fr",
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          "word": "dézoomer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "manipulate a display so as to make it smaller",
          "word": "zooma ut"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "zoomed out",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "zoomed out",
      "tags": [
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        "To decrease the focal length of a zoom lens in order to obtain a reduced magnification of the image, or a wider-angle view."
      ],
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      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
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        "To manipulate a display (such as a computer screen) so as to make the image smaller and possibly less detailed."
      ],
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        "(intransitive) To manipulate a display (such as a computer screen) so as to make the image smaller and possibly less detailed."
      ],
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "focus a zoom lens",
      "word": "縮小"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suōxiǎo",
      "sense": "focus a zoom lens",
      "word": "缩小"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "focus a zoom lens",
      "word": "vähendama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "focus a zoom lens",
      "word": "loitontaa (kuva)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "focus a zoom lens",
      "word": "dézoomer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "focus a zoom lens",
      "word": "zooma ut"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "viddalyty",
      "sense": "focus a zoom lens",
      "word": "віддалити"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "manipulate a display so as to make it smaller",
      "word": "縮小"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suōxiǎo",
      "sense": "manipulate a display so as to make it smaller",
      "word": "缩小"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "manipulate a display so as to make it smaller",
      "word": "vähendama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "manipulate a display so as to make it smaller",
      "word": "pienentää (näyttöä)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "manipulate a display so as to make it smaller",
      "word": "dézoomer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "manipulate a display so as to make it smaller",
      "word": "zooma ut"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zoom out"
}

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