close-up

See also: close up and closeup

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kləʊsˈʌp/
• Hyphenation: close-up

Adjective

close-up (not comparable)

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

• closed-up

Related terms

• close-up lens

Noun

close-up (plural close-ups)

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 (noun)

Translations

photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 特寫／特写 (zh) (tèxiě), 特写 (zh) (tèxiě)

• Finnish: lähikuva (fi)
• French: gros plan (fr), plan rapproché (fr) m
• German: Nahaufnahme f
• Icelandic: nærmynd f
• Italian: primo piano m
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nærbilde n

  Nynorsk: nærbilde n, nærbilete n

• Persian: کلوزآپ (kloz-âp)
• Portuguese: close-up m, close (pt) m
• Spanish: primer plano m

Further reading

• close-up on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• couples, culpeos, opuscle, upclose

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Portuguese

Etymology

From English close-up.

Noun

close-up m (plural s)

1. (photography) close-up (photography in which the subject is shown at a large scale)

Synonyms

• close