Meanings
verbzoom out (third-person singular simple present zooms out, present participle zooming out, simple past and past participle zoomed out)
present singular third person zooms out · participle present zooming out · participle past zoomed out · past zoomed out
- intransitiveTo decrease the focal length of a zoom lens in order to obtain a reduced magnification of the image, or a wider-angle view.
The director asked to zoom out for a wider shot of the landscape.
1 more example
The drone's camera began to zoom out as it ascended higher into the sky.
- intransitiveTo manipulate a display (such as a computer screen) so as to make the image smaller and possibly less detailed.
You can zoom out on the screen to see the entire document.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 縮小 /缩小, 縮小 /缩小
- 縮小 /缩小 (suōxiǎo)focus a zoom lens
- 縮小 /缩小 (suōxiǎo)manipulate a display so as to make it smaller
Estonian vähendama, vähendama
- vähendamafocus a zoom lens
- vähendamamanipulate a display so as to make it smaller
Finnish loitontaa (kuva), pienentää (näyttöä)
- loitontaa (kuva)focus a zoom lens
- pienentää (näyttöä)manipulate a display so as to make it smaller
French dézoomer, dézoomer
- dézoomerfocus a zoom lens
- dézoomermanipulate a display so as to make it smaller
Japanese ズームアウトする, 縮小する
- ズームアウトする (zūmuauto suru)focus a zoom lens
- 縮小する (shukushō suru)focus a zoom lens
- 縮小する (shukushō suru)manipulate a display so as to make it smaller
Korean 줌 아웃하다, 축소(縮小)하다
- 줌 아웃하다 (jum authada)focus a zoom lens
- 축소(縮小)하다 (chuksohada)focus a zoom lens
- 축소(縮小)하다 (chuksohada)manipulate a display so as to make it smaller
Polish oddalać, oddalić
- oddalaćfocus a zoom lens
- oddalićfocus a zoom lens
- pomniejszaćmanipulate a display so as to make it smaller
- pomniejszyćmanipulate a display so as to make it smaller
Spanish alejar el zoom, quitar zoom (el)
- alejar el zoomfocus a zoom lens
- quitar zoom (el)focus a zoom lens
- alejar el zoommanipulate a display so as to make it smaller
- quitar zoom (el)manipulate a display so as to make it smaller
Swedish zooma ut, zooma ut
- zooma utfocus a zoom lens
- zooma utmanipulate a display so as to make it smaller
Ukrainian віддалити
- віддалити (viddalyty)focus a zoom lens
Vietnamese thu nho
- thu nhomanipulate a display so as to make it smaller
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with zoom out
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
zoom out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoom%20out
MLA
“zoom out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoom%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zoom out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zoom%20out.
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