Meaning & use
zoom
To move very quickly, or to adjust a camera lens to make a distant object appear closer.
See it in a sentence
The motorcycle zoomed past us on the highway, leaving a trail of dust.
She zoomed in on the photo to check the details of the old document.
A note on using this word
With cameras and screens, zoom in makes an image larger and zoom out makes it smaller.
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