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close-ups

close-ups is the plural of close-up.

Meaning of close-up

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.

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Questions about close-ups

What is close-ups the plural of?
Close-ups is the plural of close-up.

Words near close-ups in the dictionary

  1. close-toed
  2. close-tongued
  3. close-up
  4. close-up lens
  5. close-up lenses
  6. close-ups
  7. close-winded
  8. closeability
  9. closeable
  10. Closeburn
  11. closeby

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Adapted from Wiktionary: close-ups (page history and authors); close-up (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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