close-up
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- noun
- /ˈkloʊsˌʌp/
- Specialized
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primer plano
- In the documentary, there is a breathtaking close-up of the actor's expressive face during the emotional scene.
- a close-up shot
- get a close-up
- take a close-up
And there's there's a lingering close up of of this character.
- And there's there's a lingering close up of of this character.
- We're going to get a close up of Dee listening to Deadly play.
- So why don't we just bust into some extreme close-ups and have a little montage?
Examples
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On the big-screen television, brilliant close-up shots made the football playing surface look like tiny blades.
Fiction book (1993) -
With each page turn, readers are treated to a close-up view of each new verse of the "Singing Map."
Academic text (2011) -
And here we see a close up of the same region.
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Here is a close up of the fit king.
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That is a close up of how it looks.
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And let's first do a close up of the left hand region.
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So let me get a close up on these blooms.
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Oh, here's a slightly better close up of those components.
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At one point, the camera returns to a close-up of her face as she towels it dry.
Academic text (1999) -
I'll give you some close-ups of today's makeup look.
Synonyms
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3.9
A picture taken very close to someone or something to show details
Antonyms
How Close
- Specialized
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- Specialized
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7.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
close-up = close (transparent) = up + close
The noun is a clear compound of 'close' (near) + 'up' (direction/completion), yielding the meaning 'a shot taken from close range'. [Postprocessing: moved 'up' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
The word close-up comes from the familiar words close ('near') and up ('toward' or 'very near'), like when you look 'up close' at something. So a close-up is a photo or film shot taken very near the subject to show its small details.