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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

closeness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkloʊs.nəs/ (US)
  • /ˈkləʉs.nəs/ (Australia)
  • /ˈkləʊs.nəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English close Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English closeness From close + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The state of being close (all senses).
  2. (uncountable, usually) The state of being friends.
  3. (uncountable, usually) The state of being mean or stingy.
  4. (uncountable, usually) The state of being secretive.
  5. (uncountable, usually) The shortest path between two vertices in a graph.
  6. (archaic, uncountable, usually) Solitude, seclusion.
    • I thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated / To closeness and the bettering of my mind [...] 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

Forms

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closenesses Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

supercloseness

Synonyms

proximity · intimacy · nearness

Translations (16)

ro prietenie (The state of being friends) · de Nähe (The shortest path between two vertices in a graph) · ru уедине́ние (solitude, seclusion) · es estrechez (The state of being friends) · da lukkethed (The state of being secretive) · bg прия́телство (The state of being friends) · es estrechura (The state of being friends) · ta நட்பு (The state of being friends) · he קִרְבָה (The state of being friends) · bg стиснатост (The state of being mean or stingy) · fi läheisyys (The state of being friends) · bg потайност (The state of being secretive) · es intimidad (The state of being friends) · tr yakınlık (The state of being friends) · ta தனிமை (solitude, seclusion) · pl bliskość (The state of being friends)