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zooming in

zooming in is the present participle and gerund of zoom in.

Meaning of zoom in

Verb

zoom in (third-person singular simple present zooms in, present participle zooming in, simple past and past participle zoomed in)

  1. (intransitive) To increase the focal length of a zoom lens in order to obtain a magnified image, or a close-up.
    • The camera operator will zoom in on the subject for a close-up shot.
  2. (intransitive) To manipulate a display (such as a computer screen) so as to make the image larger.
    • You can zoom in on the map to get a better view of the city.

Questions about zooming in

What is zooming in the present participle and gerund of?
Zooming in is the present participle and gerund of zoom in.

Words near zooming in in the dictionary

  1. zoomimic
  2. zoominar
  3. zoominars
  4. zooming
  5. zooming by
  6. zooming in
  7. zooming in on
  8. zooming out
  9. zoomingly
  10. zoomings
  11. Zoomland

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zooming in (page history and authors); zoom in (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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