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

And now, with the final adventures of Tyler Hoechlin’s Superman airing this fall, Berlanti is beginning to zoom out on everything Berlanti Productions achieved on The CW. —Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2024

Eventually, Stewart zooms out and explains that there’s little cause for optimism about the regulation of this technology when its capitalist potential is so vast. —Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2024

Set in a New York whose look is equal parts Blade Runner, diorama art, and neon dreamscape, with Torres often zooming out to expose the constructedness of the sets, these stories take us on side quests with minor characters. —Judy Berman, TIME, 7 June 2024

In order to achieve this, our graduate programs zoom out and in. —Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2023