zoom

CEFRB1

/zuːm/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To move or increase in size very quickly.

  2. 02

    verb

    To change a camera view so something looks closer or farther away.

Examples

  • Double click the map to zoom in on a place.

  • She used a zoom lens.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. A big increase.

  2. A quick ascent.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A humming noise from something moving very fast.

More examples

In context

  • This is the zoom button.

  • What's the zoom like on your camera?

  • We zoomed along the highway.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

As the race started, the cars began to blank past the finish line at high speed.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

Uncertain. The verb was first attested c. 1892, as a noun in 1918 and as an interjection in 1942. Apparently related to Scots soom (“to buzz, hum”), dialectal English and Scots soom, swoom, sweem (“to spin or twirl at high speed”). Compare also dialectal English sweem (“to swoon, become dizzy or faint”).