close-up

American  

[klohs-uhp] / ˈkloʊsˌʌp /

Or closeup

noun

1. a photograph taken at close range or with a long focal-length lens, on a relatively large scale.

2. Also called close shot.  Movies, Television. a camera shot taken at a very short distance from the subject, to permit a close and detailed view of an object or action.

3. an intimate view or presentation of anything.

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adjective

1. of or resembling a close-up.

2. intimate or detailed; close-in.

close-up British  

/ ˈkləʊsˌʌp /

noun

1. a photograph or film or television shot taken at close range

2. a detailed or intimate view or examination

   a close-up of modern society

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verb

1. to shut entirely

2. (intr) to draw together

   the ranks closed up

3. (intr) (of wounds) to heal completely

close up Idioms  

1. Also, close up shop. Stop doing business, temporarily or permanently; also, stop working. For example, The bank is closing up all its overseas branches, or That's enough work for one day—I'm closing up shop and going home. [Late 1500s]

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Etymology

Origin of close-up

An Americanism first recorded in 1910–15; noun use of adverbial phrase close up

Example Sentences

A native of Bologna, Carracci was renowned in his early career for such unidealized, close-up scenes of everyday life, and his first paintings speak to the moment, and market, that Caravaggio would cultivate.

From The Wall Street Journal

When the camera switches back and forth from her to Baker in close-up, between her porcelain features and his mid-fifties creases, or she’s riding along next to Cannavale, they seem to belong to different species entirely.

From Los Angeles Times

Kempczinski, marveling over crispy onions and the bun’s mix of seeds, displayed the two-patty burger for a close-up.

From The Wall Street Journal

But we were sitting in these rafters of a theater filming and we’re in the middle of the scene, I’m on my close-up and Patricia is talking to me and I’m looking in her eyes and I start crying because she’s moving me, but that’s not how the scene was written.

From Los Angeles Times

The Actor Awards are ready for their close-up.

From Los Angeles Times

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