zoom out

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

Prieto zooms out even further with some of the other pieces in the exhibition, which don’t incorporate original building fragments but are inspired by their architecture. — Jill Singer, Curbed, 14 Sep. 2026

As the camera zooms out, the actress is revealed to be nude straddling a basketball hoop while spinning a ball on her finger like a Harlem Globetrotter. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026

Midway through the film, an idyllic walk by the sea, captured in extreme close up, gradually zooms out into a medium shot and finally into a wide shot. — Matilda Hague, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

But zooming out on that spike says a lot about the rest of the job market in 2026. — Jason St. Angelo, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for zoom out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout