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zoom

zoom
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [zoom]
    • /zum/
    • /zuːm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [zoom]
    • /zum/

Definitions of zoom word

  • verb without object zoom to move quickly or suddenly with a loud humming or buzzing sound: cars zooming by on the freeway. 1
  • verb without object zoom to fly an airplane suddenly and sharply upward at great speed for a short distance, as in regaining altitude, clearing an obstacle, or signaling. 1
  • verb without object zoom Movies, Television. to bring a subject, scene, etc., into closeup or cause it to recede into a long shot using a zoom lens and while maintaining focus. 1
  • verb without object zoom Informal. to increase or rise suddenly and sharply: Rents would zoom without rent control laws. 1
  • verb with object zoom to cause (an airplane) to zoom. 1
  • verb with object zoom to fly over (an obstacle) by zooming. 1

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Origin of zoom

First appearance:

before 1885
One of the 21% newest English words
First recorded in 1885-90; imitative

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Zoom

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

zoom popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for zoom

verb zoom

  • whiz — to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
  • whoosh — a loud, rushing noise, as of air or water: a great whoosh as the door opened.
  • zip — zip code.
  • rocket — Maurice [maw-rees;; French moh-rees] /mɔˈris;; French moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), ("Rocket") 1921–2000, Canadian hockey player.
  • burn — If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.

adjective zoom

  • magnifying — Present participle of magnify.
  • telescopic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a telescope.

noun zoom

  • close-up — the end or conclusion: at the close of day; the close of the speech.

Antonyms for zoom

verb zoom

  • dawdle — If you dawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere.
  • plummet — Also called plumb bob. a piece of lead or some other weight attached to a line, used for determining perpendicularity, for sounding, etc.; the bob of a plumb line.
  • decelerate — When a vehicle or machine decelerates or when someone in a vehicle decelerates, the speed of the vehicle or machine is reduced.
  • slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
  • sew — to ground (a vessel) at low tide (sometimes fol by up).

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