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Antonyms for close-up


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : klohs-uhp
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkloʊsˌʌp



Definition of close-up

Origin :
  • 1913, in photography, etc.; see close (adv.) + up (adv.).
  • As in photograph : noun a still picture taken with a camera
  • As in scrutiny : noun close examination
  • As in view : noun belief
  • As in biography : noun account of person's life
  • As in mug shot : noun photo of suspect's head
  • As in photograph : verb take a picture with a camera
Example sentences :
  • Maybe I don't know one when I get a close-up, same as I did then.
  • Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
  • Of course, being still a modest woman, she does this only in the privacy of a close-up.
  • Extract from : « Bizarre » by Lawton Mackall
  • She made a picture there that Ferriday would have loved in a "close-up."
  • Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
  • Merton Gill thrilled with the knowledge that he was beholding his first close-up.
  • Extract from : « Merton of the Movies » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • On her face had been no theatric expression which would have warranted a close-up.
  • Extract from : « The Law of Hemlock Mountain » by Hugh Lundsford
  • No, Tommy, not you—the only close-up I want for this scene is Alma where she gets up.
  • Extract from : « Linda Lee, Incorporated » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • The close-up expression of the dying matador had been denied them.
  • Extract from : « Frigid Fracas » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • Try to get closer to them and let me get a close-up of you giving them a burst.
  • Extract from : « Frigid Fracas » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • Sandy's bulging eyes got a full-front, close-up view of the "thing what set."
  • Extract from : « Skyrider » by B. M. Bower
  • A close-up of the square, still littered with torn-up paving-stones.
  • Extract from : « The Edge of the Knife » by Henry Beam Piper

Synonyms for close-up

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