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 General (28 matching dictionaries)
- close: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- close, close, close: Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
- close: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- CLOSE, Close, close: Wordnik [home, info]
- close: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
- Close: Wiktionary [home, info]
- close: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- close: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- close: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- close: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- close (adj.), close (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
- close: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- close: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- close, close: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
- CLOSE, Close (To The Edit), Close (album): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- close: Cambridge International Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs [home, info]
- Close: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- close: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- close: Rhymezone [home, info]
- close: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- close: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- close: All About Homonyms [home, info]
- Close: 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
- close: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- close: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- close: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- Close, close: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- close: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
Art (2 matching dictionaries)
- Close: Epicurus.com Cheese Glossary [home, info]
- Close: Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary [home, info]
Business (13 matching dictionaries)
- Close: MoneyGlossary.com [home, info]
- close: Webster's New World Law Dictionary [home, info]
- close: Travel Industry Dictionary [home, info]
- close: INVESTORWORDS [home, info]
- CLOSE: Accounting Glossary [home, info]
- Close: AMEX Dictionary of Financial Risk Management [home, info]
- Close: Bloomberg Financial Glossary [home, info]
- CLOSE: Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition [home, info]
- Close: Investopedia [home, info]
- Close: Taxopedia [home, info]
- Close (street), close: Legal dictionary [home, info]
- Close: Financial dictionary [home, info]
- close: BusinessDictionary.com [home, info]
Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
- close: CCI Computer [home, info]
- close: Webopedia [home, info]
- Close (street), close: Encyclopedia [home, info]
Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
- Close (street), close: Medical dictionary [home, info]
Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
- CLOSE: Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary [home, info]
- close: Sound-Alike Words [home, info]
- CLOSE: Acronym Finder [home, info]
- close: Idioms [home, info]
Science (2 matching dictionaries)
- close: Archaeology Wordsmith [home, info]
- -close: PlanetMath Encyclopedia [home, info]
Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
- Close: Glossary of Cheese Terms [home, info]
- Close: Urban Conservation Glossary [home, info]
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Quick definitions (close)
▸ noun: the concluding part of any performance
▸ noun: the last section of a communication
▸ noun: the temporal end; the concluding time ("They were playing better at the close of the season")
▸ verb: draw near ("The probe closed with the space station")
▸ verb: come together, as if in an embrace ("Her arms closed around her long lost relative")
▸ verb: change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
▸ verb: cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
▸ verb: engage at close quarters ("Close with the enemy")
▸ verb: finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.) ("The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board")
▸ verb: cease to operate or cause to cease operating ("The owners decided to move and to close the factory")
▸ verb: be priced or listed when trading stops ("The stock market closed high this Friday")
▸ verb: finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead ("The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning")
▸ verb: complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement ("We closed on the house on Friday")
▸ verb: unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of ("Close the circuit")
▸ verb: move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut ("Close the door")
▸ verb: become closed ("The windows closed with a loud bang")
▸ verb: fill or stop up ("Can you close the cracks with caulking?")
▸ verb: bar access to ("Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours")
▸ verb: bring together all the elements or parts of ("Management closed ranks")
▸ verb: come to a close ("The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin")
▸ adjective: used of hair or haircuts ("A close military haircut")
▸ adjective: fitting closely but comfortably ("A close fit")
▸ adjective: confined to specific persons ("A close secret")
▸ adjective: strictly confined or guarded ("Kept under close custody")
▸ adjective: of textiles ("A close weave")
▸ adjective: marked by fidelity to an original ("A close translation")
▸ adjective: rigorously attentive; strict and thorough ("Close supervision")
▸ adjective: at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other ("Close to noon")
▸ adjective: close in relevance or relationship ("A close family")
▸ adjective: inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information ("Although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it")
▸ adjective: crowded ("Close quarters")
▸ adjective: (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched ("A close contest")
▸ adjective: lacking fresh air ("The dreadfully close atmosphere")
▸ adjective: not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances ("She was close to tears")
▸ adjective: giving or spending with reluctance ("Very close (or near) with his money")
▸ adverb: in an attentive manner ("He remained close on his guard")
▸ adverb: near in time or place or relationship ("The bullet didn't come close")
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 25000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #3191)
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