- Types Of Speech
- You can use close as a article, noun, adverb, adjective satellite or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Close
- A 1 syllables article and 5 letters with the letters c, e, l, o, and s, 3 consonants, 2 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter o. Close starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters c, cl, clo, clos, and the ending characters are e, se, ose, lose, ..
- Definition
- The concluding part of any performance
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Close is set as a kindergarten word that starts with c, ends with e, 1 syllables, 2 vowels and 5 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is close a scrabble word? A 7 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Close in Pig Latin is said as "oseclay or oseclway".
- Unigram
- c | l | o | s | e
- Bigram
- cl | lo | os | se
- Trigram
- clo | los | ose
- Quadrigram
- clos | lose
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the concluding part of any performance
- the last section of a communication;
"in conclusion I want to say..." - the temporal end;
the concluding time;
"the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell";
"the market was up at the finish";
"they were playing better at the close of the season"
- Verb Examples
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead;
"The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning" - complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement;
"We closed on the house on Friday";
"They closed the deal on the building" - unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of;
"close the circuit";
"close a wound" - move so that an opening or passage is obstructed;
make shut;
"close the door";
"shut the window" - become closed;
"The windows closed with a loud bang" - fill or stop up;
"Can you close the cracks with caulking?" - bar access to;
"Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours" - bring together all the elements or parts of;
"Management closed ranks" - draw near;
"The probe closed with the space station" - come together, as if in an embrace;
"Her arms closed around her long lost relative" - change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- engage at close quarters;
"close with the enemy" - finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.);
"The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board" - cease to operate or cause to cease operating;
"The owners decided to move and to close the factory";
"My business closes every night at 8 P.M." - come to a close;
"The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin" - be priced or listed when trading stops;
"The stock market closed high this Friday";
"My new stocks closed at $59 last night"
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- marked by fidelity to an original;
"a close translation";
"a faithful copy of the portrait";
"a faithful rendering of the observed facts" - rigorously attentive;
strict and thorough;
"close supervision";
"paid close attention";
"a close study";
"kept a close watch on expenditures" - inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information;
"although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it" - crowded;
"close quarters" - (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched;
"a close contest";
"a close election";
"a tight game" - giving or spending with reluctance;
"our cheeseparing administration";
"very close (or near) with his money";
"a penny-pinching miserly old man" - used of hair or haircuts;
"a close military haircut" - fitting closely but comfortably;
"a close fit" - confined to specific persons;
"a close secret" - strictly confined or guarded;
"kept under close custody" - of textiles;
"a close weave";
"smooth percale with a very tight weave" - lacking fresh air;
"a dusty airless attic";
"the dreadfully close atmosphere";
"hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"
- Article Examples
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances;
"near neighbors";
"in the near future";
"they are near equals";
"his nearest approach to success";
"a very near thing";
"a near hit by the bomb";
"she was near tears";
"she was close to tears"; - 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" - close in relevance or relationship;
"a close family";
"we are all...in close sympathy with...";
"close kin";
"a close resemblance"
- Adverb Examples
- near in time or place or relationship;
"as the wedding day drew near";
"stood near the door";
"don't shoot until they come near";
"getting near to the true explanation";
"her mother is always near";
"The end draws nigh";
"the bullet didn't come close"; - in an attentive manner;
"he remained close on his guard"
Synonym | Definition |
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Abandonment | withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" |
Abaxial | facing away from the axis of an organ or organism "the abaxial surface of a leaf is the underside or side facing away from the stem" |
Abbreviated | (of clothing) very short "an abbreviated swimsuit" "a brief bikini" |
Aboard | on first or second or third base "Their second homer with Bob Allison aboard" |
Abort | terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion |
About | (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct "lasted approximately an hour" "in just about a minute" "he''s about 30 years old" "I''ve had about all I can stand" "we meet about once a month" "some forty people came" "weighs around a hundre |
About To Be | |
Abridged | (used of texts) shortened by condensing or rewriting "an abridged version" |
Abstruse | difficult to penetrate incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge "the professor''s lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them" "a deep metaphysical theory" "some recondite problem in historiography" |
Accented | used of syllables or musical beats |
View all cognitive synonyms for Close
Anagram | Definition |
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Close | the concluding part of any performance |
Socle | a plain plinth that supports a wall |
View English words with the unique letters used in close. Words With The Letters Celos
Word | Definition |
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Close | the concluding part of any performance |
Conclude | decide by reasoning draw or come to a conclusion "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house" |
Word | Definition |
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Finish | the act of finishing "his best finish in a major tournament was third" "the speaker''s finishing was greeted with applause" |
Finishing | the act of finishing "his best finish in a major tournament was third" "the speaker''s finishing was greeted with applause" |
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Close (5 letters) | 7 | 9 | close | ||
Solace (6 letters) | 8 +1 | 10 +1 | solace | ||
Closet (6 letters) | 8 +1 | 10 +1 | closet | ||
Lescol (6 letters) | 8 +1 | 11 +2 | lescol | ||
Socle (5 letters) | 7 | 9 | close | ||
Ocellus (7 letters) | 9 +2 | 13 +4 | ocellus | ||
Coevals (7 letters) | 12 +5 | 15 +6 | coevals | ||
Alecost (7 letters) | 9 +2 | 11 +2 | lactose | ||
Coleus (6 letters) | 8 +1 | 11 +2 | coleus | ||
Lactose (7 letters) | 9 +2 | 11 +2 | lactose | ||
Closely (7 letters) | 12 +5 | 14 +5 | closely | ||
Closest (7 letters) | 9 +2 | 11 +2 | closest | ||
Cloves (6 letters) | 11 +4 | 14 +5 | lvsoce | ||
Coolest (7 letters) | 9 +2 | 11 +2 | cloteos | ||
Coulees (7 letters) | 9 +2 | 12 +3 | ceelosu |
Close Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With C
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters