Post on 05-Nov-2015
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 8th edition
Oxford University Press, 2010
zoom verb, noun
BrE /zum/
NAmE /zum/
verb
1 [intransitive] + adv./prep. (informal) to move or go somewhere very fast
rush, whizz
Traffic zoomed past us.
For five weeks they zoomed around Europe.
2 [intransitive] ~ (up) (to) (informal) (of prices, costs, etc.) to increase a lot quickly
and suddenly
House prices have zoomed up this year.
Shares zoomed from 1567p to 1700p.
zoom in/out (of a camera) to show the object that is being photographed from
closer/further away, with the use of a zoom lens
The camera zoomed in on the actor's face.
In the last shot he zoomed out to a wide view of the garden.
noun
1 [countable] = zoom lens
a zoom shot
2 [singular] the sound of a vehicle moving very fast