Meaning of "close-up" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF CLOSE-UP

close-up  [ˈkləʊsˌʌp]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLOSE-UP

Close-Up is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb close-up in English.

WHAT DOES CLOSE-UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Close-up

A close-up or closeup in filmmaking, television production, still photography and the comic strip medium is a type of shot, which tightly frames a person or an object. Close-ups are one of the standard shots used regularly with medium shots and long shots. Close-ups display the most detail, but they do not include the broader scene. Moving in to a close-up or away from a close-up is a common type of zooming.

Definition of close-up in the English dictionary

The first definition of close-up in the dictionary is a photograph or film or television shot taken at close range. Other definition of close-up is a detailed or intimate view or examination. Close-Up is also to shut entirely.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CLOSE-UP

PRESENT

Present

I close-up

you close-up

he/she/it close-ups

we close-up

you close-up

they close-up

Present continuous

I am close-uping

you are close-uping

he/she/it is close-uping

we are close-uping

you are close-uping

they are close-uping

Present perfect

I have close-uped

you have close-uped

he/she/it has close-uped

we have close-uped

you have close-uped

they have close-uped

Present perfect continuous

I have been close-uping

you have been close-uping

he/she/it has been close-uping

we have been close-uping

you have been close-uping

they have been close-uping

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I close-uped

you close-uped

he/she/it close-uped

we close-uped

you close-uped

they close-uped

Past continuous

I was close-uping

you were close-uping

he/she/it was close-uping

we were close-uping

you were close-uping

they were close-uping

Past perfect

I had close-uped

you had close-uped

he/she/it had close-uped

we had close-uped

you had close-uped

they had close-uped

Past perfect continuous

I had been close-uping

you had been close-uping

he/she/it had been close-uping

we had been close-uping

you had been close-uping

they had been close-uping

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will close-up

you will close-up

he/she/it will close-up

we will close-up

you will close-up

they will close-up

Future continuous

I will be close-uping

you will be close-uping

he/she/it will be close-uping

we will be close-uping

you will be close-uping

they will be close-uping

Future perfect

I will have close-uped

you will have close-uped

he/she/it will have close-uped

we will have close-uped

you will have close-uped

they will have close-uped

Future perfect continuous

I will have been close-uping

you will have been close-uping

he/she/it will have been close-uping

we will have been close-uping

you will have been close-uping

they will have been close-uping

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would close-up

you would close-up

he/she/it would close-up

we would close-up

you would close-up

they would close-up

Conditional continuous

I would be close-uping

you would be close-uping

he/she/it would be close-uping

we would be close-uping

you would be close-uping

they would be close-uping

Conditional perfect

I would have close-up

you would have close-up

he/she/it would have close-up

we would have close-up

you would have close-up

they would have close-up

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been close-uping

you would have been close-uping

he/she/it would have been close-uping

we would have been close-uping

you would have been close-uping

they would have been close-uping

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you close-up
we let´s close-up
you close-up

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to close-up

Past participle

close-uped

Present Participle

close-uping

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF CLOSE-UP

Find out the translation of close-up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of close-up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «close-up» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 特写
• Translator English - Spanish: primer plano
• English: close-up
• Translator English - Hindi: बंद हुआ
• Translator English - Arabic: عن قرب
• Translator English - Russian: крупным планом
• Translator English - Portuguese: close
• Translator English - Bengali: কাছাকাছি আসা
• Translator English - French: gros plan
• Translator English - Malay: dekat
• Translator English - German: Nahaufnahme
• Translator English - Japanese: クローズアップ
• Translator English - Korean: 근접 촬영
• Translator English - Javanese: Close-up
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cản đường
• Translator English - Tamil: நெருக்கமான
• Translator English - Marathi: बंद करा
• Translator English - Turkish: kapatmak
• Translator English - Italian: primo piano
• Translator English - Polish: zbliżenie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: крупним планом
• Translator English - Romanian: close - up
• Translator English - Greek: close-up
• Translator English - Afrikaans: close-up
• Translator English - Swedish: närbild
• Translator English - Norwegian: nærbilde

10 QUOTES WITH «CLOSE-UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word close-up.

1

Julie Adams

I remember so vividly playing a scene with Jimmy Stewart. I was in the back of a covered wagon, and we were doing this little talk in the wilderness. They did his close-up first. I was looking at him and thinking, 'How does he do that?' He is not 'doing' anything, and yet everything is there.

2

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

For me, an aerial picture is no different than a close-up portrait. It's a question of framing and angle. Helicopters are great for that. But I've also used planes. Of course, I always have a harness.

3

Frankie Avalon

I learned not to blink in a close-up or move your head at all, because if you did, they wouldn't use it.

4

Eve Best

I don't like, and I've never been very good at, close-up shots. As soon as you have the camera right there in front of you, it feels like you're in a different reality from the person you are acting with; you lose any real connection with them.

5

Jonathan Brandis

I do remember that I was sitting in the make-up chair before the shoots for a commercial or film or other, and I thought: Sometime soon they are going to make a close-up of me and millions of people can see how many pimples I've got on my cheeks.

6

Charlie Chaplin

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

7

Giada De Laurentiis

Cooking for me is a way to wind down. It's different from cooking on camera, where you have to do everything twice, for a wide shot and a close-up.

8

Robert Forster

Every shot is unique, even if it's just a close-up, an insert of your hand. You've got to work with the guy behind the lens to get it right, focus in. Those are critical little nothing things, but you've got to work with the people who are trying to put it down, in order to get it.

9

Svetlana Khodchenkova

Sometimes you may even have a stunt double do certain things for you, but when it's close-up and it's really dramatic, that's when you really need to concentrate. You cannot get body doubles or anybody else to do it for you.

10

Bela Lugosi

My close-up was magnificent!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLOSE-UP»

Discover the use of close-up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to close-up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Close-Up

"Jimmy is mad about movies.

Sherry Ashworth, 2006

Close-Up: How to Read the American City

No one who wants to understand American cities or to describe them, should fail to know this book.

Grady Clay, 1980

Close-Up

When Margot meets Leon she is fascinated by the intense, seductive, darkly charismatic photographer.

Esther Verhoef, 2010

Close Up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present, and Future

This book examines the growing reputation of Iranian cinema, from its origins in the films of Kimiai and Mehrjui, through the work of directors such as Kiraostami, Beyzai and Bani-Etemad, to young film-makers like Bahman Qobadi.

Hamid Dabashi, 2001

Close Up: Cinema And Modernism

This volume republishes articles from the journal, with an introduction and a commentary on the lives of, and complex relationships between, its writers and editors.

James Donald, Anne Friedberg, Laura Marcus, 1998

Close Up at a Distance: Mapping, Technology, and Politics

The maps in this book are drawn with satellites, assembled with pixels radioed fromouter space, and constructed from statistics; they record situations of intense conflict and expressfundamental transformations in our ways of seeing and of ...

Laura Kurgan, 2013

Understanding Close-Up Photography

In his sixth book, renowned photographer, popular instructor, and best-selling author Bryan Peterson challenges and inspires us to see close-up photography in new ways when we view it through his eyes.

Bryan Peterson, 2011

Close-Up

The legendary, incendiary novel of the film industry back in print after 20 years. A Hollywood Babylon for our time

Len Deighton, 2011

Close-up

Through personal interviews and in-depth profiles, a group of young Dutch teens tells of their hopes, ambitions, fears, and desires in facing the struggles and challenges of their lives.

Szabinka Dudevszky, Pieter Kers, 1999

Close-Up Magic Secrets

"A professional performer presents tricks for magicians at every level of skill, especially novices.

Robert Zafran, Sue Coffman, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLOSE-UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term close-up is used in the context of the following news items.

Pluto's close-up: New Horizons zeroes in on its celestial target

While Americans celebrated the Fourth of July with barbecues and fireworks, a technical glitch 8 million miles away threatened to turn a ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»

Taco Tuesday: Burrito de birria is ready for its close-up

We are all familiar with the celebrity chef. What may be more elusive is the concept of the celebrity taco -- a taco so well known that it has ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»

Are the Missions Ready for Their Close-Up?

Now that the four Catholic Missions on San Antonio's southeast side have been declared World Heritage sites, Father David Garcia, who ... «WOAI.com, Jul 15»

Almost Time for Pluto's Close-Up

As of Monday, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft was still almost 6 million miles away - about 25 times the distance from Earth to the moon - but ... «NDTV, Jul 15»

Summer of Science

Those working on this mission have been waiting many years for a close-up. The fly-by, at 7:50 a.m. Eastern time on July 14, comes 14 years ... «New York Times, Jul 15»

Watch Close-up Video Of Five Sharks Feeding On Sperm Whale …

Five sharks banded together to demolish the carcass of a humongous sperm whale in Australia. The rare feeding orgy was captured on film ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»

Close-up look at Greenwich-Mohawk cleanup

Tara Tran, project manager of the Greenwich-Mohawk brownfield remediation for the City of Brantford, and Mayor Chris Friel check out a pond ... «www.brantnews.com, Jul 15»

Deadpool: Close-Up Look At Costume

In celebration of Comic-Con, Entertainment Weekly has been rolling out some special covers for fans. The latest one is a close-up look at ... «Bam! Smack! Pow!, Jul 15»

Incredible close-up vision of beer being poured into a glass

Watch the tiny bubbles in this incredible close-up vision of beer being poured into a pint glass. Sturgeon fish are able to jump several. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Pluto, the Rodney Dangerfield of the solar system, is ready for its …

That faint dot in Clyde Tombaugh's viewfinder, now known as Pluto, is finally ready for its close-up. NASA's New Horizons probe, which has ... «New York Post, Jul 15»