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

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

While the stock market zooms out to a 12-month horizon, the consumer is stuck in the lived reality of the status quo. —Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026

The camera continues zooming out, revealing more segments of people, seemingly alluding to all the lives Park has destroyed in her quest for greed and power, which has ultimately left her regretful. —Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026

The heaters zoomed out of his hand. —Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for zoom out

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