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US
/ˈkɫoʊs, ˈkɫoʊz/
]
VERB
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complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
They closed the deal on the building
We closed on the house on Friday -
draw near
The probe closed with the space station -
unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
close the circuit
close up an umbrella
close a book
close a wound -
finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board -
bring together all the elements or parts of
Management closed ranks - change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
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finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning -
move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
shut the window
Close the door -
engage at close quarters
close with the enemy -
cease to operate or cause to cease operating
My business closes every night at 8 P.M.
The owners decided to move and to close the factory
close up the shop -
fill or stop up
Can you close the cracks with caulking? -
become closed
The windows closed with a loud bang - cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
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bar access to
Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours -
come together, as if in an embrace
Her arms closed around her long lost relative -
be priced or listed when trading stops
The stock market closed high this Friday
My new stocks closed at $59 last night -
come to a close
The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin
ADJECTIVE
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(of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
a tight game
a close election
a close contest -
giving or spending with reluctance
very close (or near) with his money
a penny-pinching miserly old man
our cheeseparing administration -
of textiles
a close weave
smooth percale with a very tight weave -
close in relevance or relationship
a close resemblance
a close family
close kin
we are all...in close sympathy with... -
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 -
marked by fidelity to an original
a faithful copy of the portrait
a faithful rendering of the observed facts
a close translation -
lacking fresh air
a dusty airless attic
the dreadfully close atmosphere
hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke -
strictly confined or guarded
kept under close custody -
fitting closely but comfortably
a close fit -
crowded
close quarters -
used of hair or haircuts
a close military haircut -
inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it -
rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
kept a close watch on expenditures
a close study
close supervision
paid close attention -
confined to specific persons
a close secret -
not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
she was close to tears
she was near tears
his nearest approach to success
near neighbors
in the near future
a very near thing
had a close call
a near hit by the bomb
they are near equals
ADVERB
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in an attentive manner
he remained close on his guard -
near in time or place or relationship
The end draws nigh
the bullet didn't come close
getting near to the true explanation
her mother is always near
don't get too close to the fire
as the wedding day drew near
don't shoot until they come near
stood near the door
NOUN
- the concluding part of any performance
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the temporal end; the concluding time
the market was up at the finish
they were playing better at the close of the season
the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell -
the last section of a communication
in conclusion I want to say...
How To Use close In A Sentence
- When the new foods that came from the Americas - peppers, summer squash and especially tomatoes - took hold in the region, a number of closely related dishes were born, including what we call ratatouille - and a man from La Mancha calls pisto, an Ikarian Greek calls soufiko and a Turk calls turlu. NYT > Home Page
- She tore her eyes from them for a moment to spy the bodhrán player in the tree, tapping out her rhythm with her eyes closed, not noticing the spy amongst them.
- It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own. Mark Lachs, M.D.: Care Transitions: The Hazards of Going In and Coming Out of the Hospital
- If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex. Goodnight Tweetheart
- The baby grows fine hair, fingernails and teeth, and the eyes open and close.
- Only a few people close to me have had anything happen. Everyday Violence
- Close beside me stood my excellent friend Griffiths, the jolly hosteler, of whom I take the present opportunity of saying a few words, though I dare say he has been frequently described before, and by far better pens. The Bible in Spain
- Some spring from immediately below the earth, and may more properly be termed suckers; the others grow on the visible part of the stem or caudex, often close to the oldest leaves; these should be cut off with a sharp knife, in early summer, and if they have a little of the parent bark attached to them all the better. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.
- If they come in close and start getting a bit tasty, then they find I can hand it out too.
- The authors of the second paper admit that “other variables … influence the binding avidity (preference), such as type of SA (sialic acid of the receptor site) and glycosylation and sialylation of the hemagglutinin close to the receptor binding site. †These factors all vary obviously and there are other variables in the equation as well including the status of specific areas of the immune system. Think Progress » An Inconvenient Truth and An Intolerable Summer
