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Definition for close

adjective as in near, nearby

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adjacent, convenient

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abutting, adjoining, approaching, handy, impending, nearest, neighboring, nigh, warm

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across the street, around the corner, at hand, contiguous, give or take a little, hard by, immediate, imminent, in spitting distance, in the ball park, near-at-hand, nearly, next, proximate, under one's nose

adjective as in dense, cramped

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circumscribed, compact, confined, confining, congested, consolidated, cropped, crowded, firm, narrow, packed, restricted, short, thick

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close-grained, impenetrable, impermeable, jam-packed, substantial

adjective as in accurate, precise

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exact, faithful, literal, resembling

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conscientious, lifelike, strict

adjective as in intimate

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dear, devoted, familiar, related

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attached, loving, private, thick

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buddy-buddy, chummy, confidential, cozy with, inseparable, kissing cousins, making it with, on top of each other, palsy-walsy, thick as thieves, thick with

adjective as in oppressive, humid

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choky, confined, heavy, stale, stifling, suffocating, sweltering, thick

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airless, breathless, fusty, moldy, motionless, muggy, musty, stagnant, stale-smelling, sticky, stuffy, sultry, sweltry, uncomfortable, unventilated

adjective as in secretive, reserved

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hidden, private, retired, secluded

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buttoned-up, buttoning one's lip, clamming up, close-lipped, closemouthed, hush-hush, mum's the word, reticent, secretive, silent, taciturn, tight chops, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, zipping one's lips

adjective as in stingy

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mean, narrow, penny-pinching, skinflint

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chintzy, closefisted, illiberal, mingy, miserly, parsimonious, penurious, skimpy, tight-fisted, ungenerous

noun as in ending

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adjournment, cease, cessation, completion, culmination, denouement, end, finale, finish, period, stop, termination, wind-up

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verb as in obstruct, seal

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block, shut, shutter

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bang, bar, bolt, button, caulk, choke, clap, clench, clog, confine, congest, cork, dam, exclude, fasten, fill, lock, occlude, plug, screen, secure, slam, stopper, stuff

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prevent passage, put to, retard flow, shut off, stop up, turn off

verb as in complete, finish, stop

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conclude, do, end, halt, shutter

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cap, cease, clear, clinch, consummate, culminate, determine, discontinue, fold, terminate, ultimate

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button down, button up, call it a day, call off, cut loose, drop the curtain, fold up, pack it in, put a lid on, put to bed, sew up, shut down, wind down, wind up, wrap up

verb as in join, unite

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bind, chain, coalesce, connect, couple, encounter, fuse, grapple, inclose, tie

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come together, put together, tie up

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Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Camp Pendleton advised nearby residents that there will be live-fire training with high explosive munitions through Sunday, which will result in some roads on base being closed.

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When the trust closed in 2020, the assets were liquidated and about £25m was divided among the remaining 172 members - known as listed beneficiaries - in the form of relief of need, or return of capital.

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Former winners Pulp are a close second for their unexpected comeback album, More; while Irish band Fontaines DC are also in the running for Romance, which saw the alternative act cross over to the mainstream.

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There has been another attack on a train between Kramatorsk and Sloviansk in the eastern Donetsk region, close to the front line.

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If the government can meet its pledge to close the asylum hotels, the prize would be saving of £1bn per year, according to the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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