| Sounds | klow's; klow'z | |
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| Rhymes | adios ... sucrose: 36 rhymes with ows... | |
| Ambrose ... Windows: 49 rhymes with owz... | ||
| Meaning | Close in relevance or relationship. | |
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| Narrower | approximate, near | Very close in resemblance |
| boon | Very close and convivial | |
| chummy, buddy-buddy, thick | (used informally) associated on close terms | |
| close-knit, closely knit | held together as by social or cultural / cultural ties | |
| confidential | Denoting confidence or intimacy | |
| cozy | Suggesting connivance | |
| dear, good, near | With or in a close or intimate relationship / relationship | |
| familiar, intimate | Having mutual interests or affections | |
| intimate | marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity | |
| Opposite | distant, remote | Far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship |
| Spanish | cercano, íntimo | |
| Catalan | íntim, proper | |
| Nouns | closeness | a feeling of being intimate and belonging together |
| Adverbs | closely | in a close manner |
| Meaning | not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances. | |
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| Synonyms | near, nigh | |
| Attribute of | distance | The property created by the space between two objects or points |
| Narrower | adjacent | near or close to but not necessarily touching |
| hot | Of a seeker | |
| nearby | close at hand | |
| warm | Of a seeker | |
| Opposite | far | Located at a great distance in time or space or degree / degree |
| Spanish | cercano, próximo | |
| Catalan | proper | |
| Nouns | closeness | the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance |
| Meaning | rigorously attentive; strict and thorough. | |
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| Broader | careful | Exercising caution or showing care or attention |
| Spanish | minucioso | |
| Catalan | minuciós | |
| Adverbs | closely | in an attentive manner |
| Meaning | marked by fidelity to an original. | |
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| Example | "a close translation" | |
| Synonym | faithful | |
| Broader | accurate | conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy |
| Spanish | fidedigno, fiel | |
| Catalan | fidedigne, fidel | |
| Meaning | (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched. | |
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| Synonym | tight | |
| Broader | equal | Having the same quantity, value, or measure as another |
| Spanish | ajustado | |
| Catalan | ajustat | |
| Meaning | crowded. | |
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| Example | "close quarters" | |
| Synonym | confining | |
| Broader | confined | not free to move about |
| Spanish | cerrado | |
| Meaning | lacking fresh air. | |
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| Example | "the dreadfully close atmosphere" | |
| Synonyms | airless, stuffy, unaired | |
| Broader | unventilated | not ventilated |
| Spanish | cargado, cerrado | |
| Meaning | Of textiles. | |
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| Example | "a close weave" | |
| Synonym | tight | |
| Broader | fine | Of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles |
| Meaning | strictly confined or guarded. | |
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| Example | "kept under close custody" | |
| Broader | restrained | Under restraint |
| Meaning | Confined to specific persons. | |
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| Example | "a close secret" | |
| Broader | private | Confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy |
| Meaning | fitting closely but comfortably. | |
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| Example | "a close fit" | |
| Synonyms | snug, close-fitting | |
| Broader | tight | Closely constrained or constricted or constricting |
| Spanish | ajustado, ceñido | |
| Meaning | Used of hair or haircuts. | |
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| Example | "a close military haircut" | |
| Broader | short | (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length |
| Spanish | rapado | |
| Catalan | rapat | |
| Meaning | Giving or spending with reluctance. | |
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| Example | "very close (or near) with his money" | |
| Synonyms | cheeseparing, near, penny-pinching, skinny | |
| Broader | stingy, ungenerous | Unwilling to spend |
| Spanish | rácano | |
| Catalan | garrepa | |
| Nouns | closeness | extreme / extreme stinginess |
| Meaning | Inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information. | |
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| Example | "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it" | |
| Synonyms | closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped | |
| Broader | uncommunicative, incommunicative | not inclined to talk / talk / talk or give information or express opinions |
| Spanish | callado, reservado | |
| Nouns | closeness | characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes) |
| Meaning | The temporal end; the concluding time. | |
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| Example | "they were playing better at the close of the season" | |
| Synonyms | stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion | |
| Broader | end, ending | The point in time at which something ends |
| Spanish | cierre, conclusión, final, finis, fin, meta, terminación, término | |
| Catalan | conclusió, fi, final, finis, meta, terme | |
| Verbs | close | cease to operate or cause to cease operating |
| close | finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.) | |
| close | come to a close | |
| Meaning | The last section of a communication. | |
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| Synonyms | conclusion, end, closing, ending | |
| Part of | address, speech | The act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience |
| narration, recital, yarn | The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events | |
| Narrower | anticlimax, bathos | A change from a serious subject / subject to a disappointing one |
| epilogue, epilog | A short / short passage added at the end of a literary work | |
| epilogue, epilog | A short / short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play | |
| finale, coda | The closing section of a musical composition | |
| peroration | (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration | |
| Broader | section, subdivision | A self-contained part of a larger / larger composition / composition (written or musical) |
| Spanish | cierre, conclusión, finalización, final, terminación | |
| Catalan | cloenda, conclusió, tancament | |
| Meaning | The concluding part of any performance. | |
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| Synonyms | finale, closing curtain, finis | |
| Broader | finish, finishing | The act of finishing |
| Spanish | cierre del telón, cierre, conclusión, final | |
| Verbs | close | come to a close |
| Meaning | near in time or place or relationship. | |
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| Synonyms | near, nigh | |
| Meaning | In an attentive manner. | |
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| Example | "he remained close on his guard" | |
| Synonyms | closely, tight | |
| Meaning | Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They want to close the doors | |
| Example | "Close the door" | |
| Synonym | shut | |
| Cause to | close, shut | Become closed |
| Narrower | bung | Close with a cork or stopper |
| draw | Move or pull so as to cover or uncover something | |
| roll up | Close (a car window) by causing it to move up, as with a handle | |
| seal, seal off | make tight | |
| shutter | Close with shutters | |
| slam, bang | Close violently | |
| slat | Close the slats of (windows) | |
| snap | Close with a snapping motion | |
| Opposite | open, open up | Cause to open or to become open |
| Similar to | close, shut | Become closed |
| Spanish | cerrar, clausurar, tapar | |
| Catalan | clausurar, cloure, tancar | |
| Nouns | closing | the act of closing something |
| closure | the act of blocking | |
| Meaning | Become closed. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | The doors close | |
| Example | "The windows closed with a loud bang" | |
| Synonym | shut | |
| Caused by | close, shut | Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed |
| Broader | change state, turn | Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action |
| Opposite | open, open up | Become open |
| Similar to | close, shut | Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed |
| Spanish | cerrar, clausurar, concluir, terminar | |
| Catalan | clausurar, cloure, finir, tancar | |
| Nouns | closing | the act of closing something |
| Meaning | Cease to operate or cause to cease operating. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | The business is going to close | |
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| Synonyms | close up, fold, shut down, close down | |
| Narrower | adjourn, withdraw, retire | break from a meeting or gathering |
| Opposite | open, open up | start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning |
| Spanish | cerrar, clausurar | |
| Catalan | clausurar, plegar, tancar | |
| Nouns | close | the temporal end |
| closer | a person who closes something | |
| closure, closing | termination of operations | |
| Meaning | Finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board" | |
| Broader | end, terminate | Bring to an end or halt |
| Opposite | open | Begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals / recitals / recitals / recitals / recitals, etc. |
| Spanish | acabar, concluir, terminar | |
| Catalan | concloure | |
| Nouns | close | the temporal end |
| closing | a concluding action | |
| closure | termination of operations | |
| Meaning | Come to a close. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin" | |
| Synonym | conclude | |
| Broader | end, stop, finish, terminate, cease | Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense |
| Spanish | acabar, concluir, terminar | |
| Catalan | cloure | |
| Nouns | close | the concluding part of any performance |
| close | the temporal end | |
| closing | a concluding action | |
| closing | the last section of a communication | |
| Meaning | complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
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| Broader | end, terminate | Bring to an end or halt |
| Spanish | cerrar, terminar | |
| Catalan | tancar | |
| Meaning | Be priced or listed when trading stops. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
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| Broader | trade | Be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions |
| Meaning | Engage at close quarters. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "close with the enemy" | |
| Broader | prosecute, engage, pursue | carry out or participate in an activity |
| Nouns | closing | approaching a particular destination |
| Meaning | Cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | end, terminate | Be the end of |
| Opposite | open | Display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer |
| Spanish | clausurar | |
| Catalan | clausurar | |
| Nouns | closing | the act of closing something |
| closure | termination of operations | |
| Meaning | change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Category | ball game, ballgame | A field game played with a ball (especially baseball) |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | clausurar | |
| Catalan | clausurar | |
| Meaning | come together, as if in an embrace. | |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "Her arms closed around her long lost relative" | |
| Synonym | come together | |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Spanish | cubrir, juntarse | |
| Meaning | draw near. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The probe closed with the space station" | |
| Broader | approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near | Move towards |
| Spanish | acercarse | |
| Nouns | closing, closure | approaching a particular destination |
| Meaning | bring together all the elements or parts of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Management closed ranks" | |
| Broader | join | Cause to become joined / joined or linked |
| Meaning | bar access to. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours" | |
| Broader | barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar | Render unsuitable for passage |
| Spanish | cerrar | |
| Nouns | closing | the act of closing something |
| closure | the act of blocking | |
| Meaning | Fill or stop up. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Can you close the cracks with caulking?" | |
| Synonym | fill up | |
| Narrower | coapt, conglutinate | Cause to adhere |
| plug, stop up, secure | Fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug | |
| seal | Close with or as if with a seal | |
| Broader | fill | plug with a substance |
| Nouns | closing | the act of closing something |
| closure | the act of blocking | |
| Meaning | Unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
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| Synonym | close up | |
| Broader | join | Cause to become joined / joined or linked |
| Nouns | closing | approaching a particular destination |
| Meaning | Finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning" | |
| Broader | complete, finish | Come or bring to a finish or an end / end |
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