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Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: klōz, IPA: /kləʊz/
• (General American) enPR: klōz, IPA: /kloʊz/
• Homophone: clothes (in some dialects)

Verb

close (third-person singular simple present closes, present participle closing, simple past and past participle closed)

1. (physical) To remove a gap.
   1. To obstruct (an opening).
   2. To move so that an opening is closed.
      • Close the door behind you when you leave.
      • Jim was listening to headphones with his eyes closed.
   3. To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.
      • The runner in second place is closing the gap on the leader.
      • to close the ranks of an army
   4. (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
   5. (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
   6. To grapple; to engage in close combat.
2. To finish, to terminate.
   1. To put an end to; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to consummate.
      • close the session;   to close a bargain;   to close a course of instruction
   2. To come to an end.
      • The debate closed at six o'clock.
   3. (marketing) To make a sale.
   4. (baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
      • He has closed the last two games for his team.
   5. (figurative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
   6. (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
3. To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
4. (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
5. (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
   • Whoever closed last night forgot to turn off the closet light.
6. (Philippines) To turn off; to switch off.
   • Please close the lights. ― Please turn off the lights.
   • Close the fan please. ― Please switch off the fan.
   • Close the TV now. ― Turn off the TV now.

Noun

close (plural closes)

1. An end or conclusion.
   • We owe them our thanks for bringing the project to a successful close.
2. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
3. (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
   • Synonym: closer
4. A grapple in wrestling.
5. (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
6. (music) A double bar marking the end.
7. (aviation, travel) The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: klōs, IPA: /kləʊs/
• (General American) IPA: /kloʊs/

Adjective

close (comparative closer, superlative closest)

1. (now rare) Closed, shut.
2. Narrow; confined.
   • a close alley; close quarters
3. At a little distance; near.
   • Is your house close?
4. Intimate; well-loved.
   • He is a close friend.
   1. (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
5. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
6. (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
7. (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
8. Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
   • a close prisoner
9. (obsolete) Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
10. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
    • a close contest
11. Short.
    • to cut grass or hair close
12. (archaic) Dense; solid; compact.
13. (archaic) Concise; to the point.
    • close reasoning
14. (dated) Difficult to obtain.
    • Money is close.
15. (dated) Parsimonious; stingy.
16. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
    • a close translation; a close copy
17. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
    • The patient was kept under close observation.
18. Marked, evident.
19. Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer or goal); near
    • No, but you were close.
    • We were so close to winning!
20. (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.

Noun

close (plural closes)

1. (now rare, chiefly Yorkshire) An enclosed field.
2. (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
3. (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
4. (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
5. A cathedral close.
6. (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed

Anagrams

• Coles, coles, socle

Adjective

close

1. feminine singular of clos

Verb

close

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of clore

Participle

close f sg

1. feminine singular of the past participle of clore

Anagrams

• socle

Noun

close

1. plural of cloth

Noun

close m (plural closes)

1. (photography) close-up (photography in which the subject is shown at a large scale)
   • Synonym: close-up
2. attitude