zoom out
/ˌzuːm ˈaʊt/
zoom out verb: to decrease the focal length of a zoom lens in order to obtain a reduced magnification of the image, or a wider-angle view.
Verb
zoom out (third-person singular simple present zooms out, present participle zooming out, simple past and past participle zoomed out)
- To decrease the focal length of a zoom lens in order to obtain a reduced magnification of the image, or a wider-angle view.
- The director asked to zoom out for a wider shot of the landscape.
- The drone's camera began to zoom out as it ascended higher into the sky.
- To manipulate a display (such as a computer screen) so as to make the image smaller and possibly less detailed.
- You can zoom out on the screen to see the entire document.
zoom out meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Vietnamese
zoom out in Tamil
- சிறிதாக்கு, சேய்மையாக்கு
zoom out in Kannada
- ಕಿರಿದಾಗಿಸು, ಕುಗ್ಗು, ಕುಗ್ಗಿಸು
zoom out in Vietnamese
- manipulate a display so as to make it smaller
- thu nho
Antonyms of zoom out
Forms of zoom out
| third-person singular present | zooms out |
|---|---|
| present participle | zooming out |
| past participle | zoomed out |
| past | zoomed out |
Origin of zoom out
From zoom + out.
Words that rhyme with zoom out
42 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- set about
- shout
- sprout
- doubt
- umlaut
- fill out
- grout
- pout
- devout
- drought
- gout
- nowt
- redoubt
- throughout
- without
- ablaut
- dout
- flout
- lout
- mahout
- misdoubt
- mought
- prone out
- strout
- term out
- trout
- 'bout
- anlaut
- aspout
- asprout
- bluff out
- chout
- dought
- knout
- kraut
- layabout
- ne'er cast a clout till May be out
- owt
- peter out
- regrout
- sout
- when in doubt, do nowt
Questions about zoom out
- What does zoom out mean?
- Zoom out means to decrease the focal length of a zoom lens in order to obtain a reduced magnification of the image, or a wider-angle view.
- What is zoom out in Tamil?
- Zoom out in Tamil is சிறிதாக்கு, சேய்மையாக்கு. See Zoom out meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is zoom out?
- Zoom out is a verb.
- How do you pronounce zoom out?
- Zoom out is pronounced /ˌzuːm ˈaʊt/.
- What is the past tense of zoom out?
- The past tense of zoom out is zoomed out.
Words near zoom out in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: zoom out (page history and authors); zoom out (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); zoom out (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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