zoom out
phrasal verb
zoomed out; zooming out; zooms out
: (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 smaller and farther away
The photographer zoomed out to get the widest possible view of the scene.
The camera zoomed out to show a wider view of the scene.
Examples of zoom out in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Playfully zoom out a bit — who put them in charge of everyone else, anyway?
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Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2024
Click the plus to zoom in, and the minus button to zoom out.
—Scooty Nickerson, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
To zoom out for a bit to clarify terminology, FCF yield is the ratio of the Free Cash Flows of the firm to market capitalization of equity.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Unfortunately, the action stalls out somewhat after that as the story back-tracks and zooms out to contextualize the tableau.
—Jessica Liese, Variety, 14 Feb. 2024
The 46-year-old MC posted a video soon after in which he was seen being loaded into the back of an ambulance on a stretcher, with a zoom out to show a black Tesla with a totaled front end.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Dec. 2023
But when one zooms out, l’affaire Gay is an interesting glimpse of what the future might look like for all of us.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 4 Jan. 2024
By the time the satellite zooms out of sight, another should be in view.
—Matt Day, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2023
In her memoir’s recollections, Britney doesn’t have a manifesto, a thesis that zooms out from this is what happened at the time.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2023
Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2024
Click the plus to zoom in, and the minus button to zoom out.
—Scooty Nickerson, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
To zoom out for a bit to clarify terminology, FCF yield is the ratio of the Free Cash Flows of the firm to market capitalization of equity.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
Unfortunately, the action stalls out somewhat after that as the story back-tracks and zooms out to contextualize the tableau.
—Jessica Liese, Variety, 14 Feb. 2024
The 46-year-old MC posted a video soon after in which he was seen being loaded into the back of an ambulance on a stretcher, with a zoom out to show a black Tesla with a totaled front end.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 12 Dec. 2023
But when one zooms out, l’affaire Gay is an interesting glimpse of what the future might look like for all of us.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 4 Jan. 2024
By the time the satellite zooms out of sight, another should be in view.
—Matt Day, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2023
In her memoir’s recollections, Britney doesn’t have a manifesto, a thesis that zooms out from this is what happened at the time.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2023
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“Zoom out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zoom%20out. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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