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closeup

closeup is the alternative form 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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Forms of closeup

pluralcloseups

Questions about closeup

What is closeup the alternative form of?
Closeup is the alternative form of close-up.

Words near closeup in the dictionary

  1. closets of decency
  2. closets of ease
  3. closets of the heart
  4. closetsful
  5. closety
  6. closeup
  7. closeups
  8. closh
  9. closhey
  10. closin'
  11. closing

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