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close-up

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊsʌp/

adj

  1. In near proximity.

    A worldwide TV audience had a close-up view of the astronauts when they splashed down and as they emerged from the bobbing spaceship they call Gumdrop.

noun

  1. A photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale, and occupies most or all of the frame.

    All right, Mr DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.