zoom in

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.

Examples of zoom in in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Everyone else looks on wide-eyed as the camera zooms in on them and dramatic music plays. — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026

Users can scroll through webpages, pinch to zoom in on photos, drag and drop slides between presentations, and move windows around the screen using touch gestures. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

Using the Gemini North telescope, Caiazzo and colleagues zoomed in on Pa 30, discovering knots along the strands of gas radiating out from the site of the cosmic explosion, like pearls on a string. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Oct. 2026

On March 31, 2025, the village released a new map of the floodplain online, which allowed viewers to zoom in on their properties. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for zoom in

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• crewmen
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• human
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• numen
• rumen
• suman
• acumen
• albumen
• albumin
• bitumen