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Adjective
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tells us about: distance - the property created by the space between two objects or pointssimilar to:
- adjacent, next, side by side - nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
- ambient - completely enveloping
- adpressed, appressed - pressed close to or lying flat against something
- approximate, close together - located close together
- at hand, close at hand, imminent, impendent, impending - close in time; about to occur
- at hand, close at hand - close in space; within reach
- close-hauled - having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible
- close set, close-set - set close together
- contiguous, immediate - very close or connected in space or time
- circumferent, encompassing, surrounding - closely encircling
- enveloping - surrounding and closing in on or hemming in
- hand-to-hand - being at close quarters
- juxtaposed - placed side by side often for comparison
- nestled, snuggled - drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection
- proximate - very close in space or time
- scalelike - reduced to a small appressed thing that resembles a scale
- walk-to, walking - close enough to be walked to
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similar to:
- approximate, near - very close in resemblance
- boon - very close and convivial
- buddy-buddy, chummy, thick - (used informally) associated on close terms
- close-knit, closely knit - held together as by social or cultural ties
- confidential - denoting confidence or intimacy
- cozy - suggesting connivance
- dear, good, near - with or in a close or intimate relationship
- familiar, intimate - having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
- intimate - marked by close acquaintance, association, or familiarity
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tells us about: distance - the property created by the space between two objects or pointssimilar to:
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similar to: careful - exercising caution or showing care or attention
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similar to: accurate - conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracysame as: faithful
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similar to: equal - having the same quantity, value, or measure as anothersame as: tight
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similar to: confined - not free to move aboutsame as: confining
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similar to: unventilated - not ventilated
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similar to: fine - of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particlessame as: tight
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similar to: restrained - under restraint
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similar to: private - confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
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similar to: tight - closely constrained or constricted or constrictingsame as: close-fitting, snug
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similar to: short - (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
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similar to: stingy, ungenerous - unwilling to spend (money, time, resources, etc.)
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similar to: incommunicative, uncommunicative - not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
Noun
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is a type of: section, subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)subtypes:
- anticlimax, bathos - a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one
- epilog, epilogue - a short passage added at the end of a literary work
- epilog, epilogue - a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
- peroration - (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration
- coda, finale - the closing section of a musical composition
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Adverb
Verb
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subtypes:
- snap - close with a snapping motion
- slat - close the slats of (windows)
- bang, slam - close violently
- shutter - close with shutters
- draw - move or pull so as to cover or uncover something
- roll up - close (a car window) by causing it to move up, as with a handle
- bung - close with a cork or stopper
- seal, seal off - make tight; secure against leakage
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is a type of: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or actionsame as: shut
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is a type of: cease, end, finish, stop, terminate - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphoricalsame as: conclude
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is a type of: trade - be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions
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is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
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is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motionsame as: come together
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is a type of: join - cause to become joined or linked
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is a type of: fill - plug with a substancesubtypes:same as: fill up
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is a type of: join - cause to become joined or linkedsame as: close up
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