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close::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped |
| Derivation | closeness |
although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | closing, conclusion, end, ending |
| Type of | subdivision, section |
| Has types | epilog, coda, peroration, anticlimax, bathos, finale, epilogue |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | conclusion, finale, finis, finish, last, stopping point |
| Type of | ending, end |
they were playing better at the close of the season.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | closing curtain, finale, finis |
| Type of | finish, finishing |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | shut |
| Type of | turn, change state |
| Verb group | shut |
| Derivation | closing |
The windows closed with a loud bang.
close::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cheeseparing, near, penny-pinching, skinny |
| Derivation | closeness |
very close (or near) with his money.
close::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | closeness |
close to noon.
how close are we to town?.
a close formation of ships.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | trade |
The stock market closed high this Friday.
My new stocks closed at $59 last night.
close::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | move |
close::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | closeness |
a close family.
we are all...in close sympathy with....
close kin.
a close resemblance.
| Type | Words |
|---|
a close secret.
close::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|
close supervision.
paid close attention.
a close study.
kept a close watch on expenditures.
| Type | Words |
|---|
kept under close custody.
| Type | Words |
|---|
a close military haircut.
Examples of close
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Not only do students respect their teachers, we form close bonds with them, too.
From the dailyherald.com
The Blues came close again in the final seconds, but the Avs survived the scare.
From the stltoday.com
Boyd insists that his decision to close Hidden Valley is not a negotiating ploy.
From the stltoday.com
Racers Kyle Legautt and Kelly Kerrigan come close taking a turn on the speedway.
From the stltoday.com
Ford spokesman Todd Nissen said the plant in Genk will close beginning Saturday.
From the thenewstribune.com
In December, the chain said it planned to close 182 more in the next few months.
From the thenewstribune.com
Fishing is typically open until the end of April, but some rivers close earlier.
From the thenewstribune.com
Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of the noon close in Manila.
From the bloomberg.com
That may be as close as he's come to realizing one his earliest childhood goals.
From the denverpost.com
- Near: near in time or place or relationship; "as the wedding day drew near"; "stood near the door"; "don't shoot until they come near"; "getting near to the true explanation"; "her mother is always near"; "The end draws nigh"; "the bullet didn't come close"; "don't get too close to the fire"
- At or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other; "close to noon"; "how close are we to town?"; "a close formation of ships"
- Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window"
- Stopping point: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"
- Conclusion: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."
- Close in relevance or relationship; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance"
- The claustrum, which is suspected to be present in all mammals, is a fairly thin (fraction of 1 mm to multiple mms) vertical curved sheet of subcortical gray matter oriented sagittally between the white matter tracts of the external capsule and extreme capsule. ...
- Close is the sixth studio album by Kim Wilde, released in 1988.
- A cul-de-sac (literally "bottom of bag") is a word of French and romance language like Norman, Occitan, Catalan etc. ...
