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Definition of close-up noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

close-up

noun
 
/ˈkləʊs ʌp/
 
/ˈkləʊs ʌp/
 [countable, uncountable]
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  1. a photograph, or picture in a film, taken very close to somebody/something so that it shows a lot of detail
    • a close-up of a human eye
    • It was strange to see her own face in close-up on the screen.
    • close-up pictures of the planet
    • The slide gave close-up detail of petal formation.
    • The wound was photographed in extreme close-up.
    Topics Film and theatrec1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • extreme
    • tight
    close-up + noun
    • detail
    • image
    • photo
    • …
    preposition
    • in close-up
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