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close-up

/ˈkləʊsʌp/

close-up adjective: in near proximity.

Adjective

close-up (not comparable)

  1. In near proximity.
    • A worldwide TV audience had a close-up view of the astronauts when they splashed down and as they emerged from the bobbing spaceship they call Gumdrop.1969 March 21, “Science: Rousing End to a Relaxed Flight”, in Time

Noun

close-up (plural close-ups)

  1. A photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale, and occupies most or all of the frame.
    • All right, Mr DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.1950, Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, D.M. Marshman Jr., Sunset Blvd.

close-up meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Persian

close-up in Tamil

அண்காட்சி, அண்மைநிலை, அண்மைக்காட்சி

close-up in Malayalam

അടുത്തുനിന്നെടുത്ത ഫോട്ടോഗ്രാഫോ ഫിലിമോ

close-up in Kannada

ನಿಕಟಚಿತ್ರ, ಸಮೀಪದರ್ಶನ, ಜತೆಯಾಗಿ ಹತ್ತಿರ ನಿಲ್ಲುವಿಕೆ

close-up in Persian

photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale
کلوزآپ kloz-âp

Forms of close-up

Adjective
alternative formcloseup
Noun
pluralclose-ups

Phrases with close-up

Questions about close-up

What does close-up mean?
Close-up means in near proximity.
What is close-up in Tamil?
Close-up in Tamil is அண்காட்சி, அண்மைநிலை, அண்மைக்காட்சி. See Close-up meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is close-up?
Close-up can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce close-up?
Close-up is pronounced /ˈkləʊsʌp/.

Words near close-up in the dictionary

  1. close-stool
  2. close-stools
  3. close-tiled
  4. close-toed
  5. close-tongued
  6. close-up
  7. close-up lens
  8. close-up lenses
  9. close-ups
  10. close-winded
  11. closeability

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Adapted from Wiktionary: close-up (page history and authors); close-up (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); close-up (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); close-up (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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