Close-up

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kləʊsˈʌp/

Full definition of close-up

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to things in near proximity or a situation involving nearness.
• 1969 March 21, "Science: Rousing End to a Relaxed Flight," Time: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.

Derived terms

• close-up lens

Noun

1. (photography) A photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale, and occupies most or all of the frame.

Related terms

• closeup

Anagrams

• couples