zoom in

phrasal verb

zoomed in; zooming in; zooms in

: (of a person) to adjust the lens of a camera or (of a camera) to adjust its lens so that the image seems to be bigger and closer

—often + on

I zoomed in on her face to show her reaction.

The TV cameras zoomed in on the winner's face.

—often used figuratively

We're trying to zoom in on the cause of these problems before they get worse.

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At one point, Diop zooms in on a security camera, as if to suggest that, even on its home turf, 26 can’t evade the very conditions that held it prisoner abroad. —

Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2024 The camera zooms in on Sue’s taut, luminescent flesh, which bounces in the light, causing the men around her to stare agog like cartoon characters. —

Daisy Jones, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024 The camera zooms in on her slumbering face as revellers dance in slow motion amid green lights and empty beers. —

Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024 Abbasi said his answer was to zoom in on the central relationship between the characters played by Stan and Strong. —

Dan Heching, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for zoom in