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🔍 To focus closely 💻 To join online
to zoom in

to zoom in

1 3.0
Join a meeting using an online video call
  • phrasal verb
  • /zuːm ɪn/
  • Texting
translation icon : conectarse por Zoom
  • I zoom in on a reddish-brown warrior costume, complete with a pointed bonnet and a shield decorated with geometric figures and feathers.

Examples

  • Just keep zooming in.

    Smokin' Aces (2006)

  • Zoom in, elide, show us what you care about, moving, squirming, crawling around.

    Blog text (14)

  • No, there you go, Zoom in a little bit more.

  • Now all I gotta do is zoom in on it and...

    Strange Wilderness (2008)

  • - Now, can you zoom in?

    Domino (2005)

  • So what we're going to do is zoom in to south central France, not far from the caves of Lascaux.

    Blog text (4)

  • - Zoom in, please.

    Domino (2005)

  • Zoom in on the minute hand as it clicks to exactly 2:15.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Let's zoom in at 3 PM to discuss the new project.

  • I will zoom in on the presentation link sent via email.

Synonyms

to dial in
vsto zoom in
8 3.9

To connect to a meeting by entering a code, or to set something exactly

is joining via a specific online platform rather than by phone code
to videoconference
vsto zoom in
  • Texting
3.5

To meet with others by live video from different places

is specific to a single platform rather than any video meeting

Antonyms

to miss
∞ 1.0

To not be at an event, class, or activity

to skip
397 1.1

To deliberately not attend something such as a class or meeting

Surface Forms

zoom in infinitive
zoomed in past
zoomed in past participle
zooming in present participle
zooms in third person singular

Morphology

zoom + in

The sense 'to join a meeting using the Zoom platform' is not directly derivable from the literal meanings 'zoom' (move quickly) + 'in' (inside/enter); it relies on converting the proper name Zoom into a verb meaning 'use the Zoom service'. A B1 learner who only knows the basic constituent senses would not reliably infer the platform-specific meaning unless they also know Zoom as a video-conferencing brand, so the relation is only partially transparent.

Etymology

Zoom in also comes from the video service Zoom. People say they will zoom in when they enter a meeting on Zoom, so the phrase means 'to join a meeting using the Zoom app'.