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

Select moments may land a laugh, but zoom out a little, and the real joke is that this movie was made in 2026. —Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 27 May 2026

These questions help leaders zoom out and see beyond one moment in time. —Dr. Monika Sumra, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026

The idea of food apartheid forces us to zoom out and consider how many systems are deliberately built to work against certain consumers based on race and geography. —Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026

However, when zooming out, the revisions to a middling January and a horrendous February, job creation was 7,000 positions lower than previously thought. —Zev Fima, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for zoom out

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