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close to en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. Near.
    • The chair was close to the window.
    • They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
    • She looked fraught and close to tears.
    • Old Applegate, in the stern, just set and looked at me, and Lord James, amidship, waved both arms and kept hollering for help. I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

Translations (19)

fr proche de (near) · vi gần (near) · sq afer (near) · is nálægt (near) · ar بِالْقُرْب مِن (near) · pl obok (near) · la circiter (near) · ga achomair (near) · vi ở gần (near) · pt próximo de (near) · non við (near) · pl blisko (near) · es cerca de (near) · gd goirid do (near) · pt perto de (near) · ar بِجَانِب (near) · arz جنب (near) · fr près de (near) · gd faisg air (near)

close to en · ADV

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (of quantifiers of nouns) Approximately.
    • It lasted close to an hour.
    • It rained for close to forty days and forty nights.
  2. (informal) Nearly; almost.
    • The project is close to finished.

Forms

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closest to Degree=Sup lexicographic
closer to Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

sort of · fornigh · kind of · imprecisely · just about · roughly · some · all but · virtually · around · ± · near · give or take · roundly · close to · well-nigh · by and large · nearly · circa · thereabout · for all practical purposes · plus or minus · say · almost · loosely · essentially · approaching · odd · close · -ish · -some · about · nearabout · or so · more or less · nigh on

Translations (3)

es cerca de (approximately) · es cerca de (nearly) · es acercarse/apropincuarse a (approximately)