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  • 1connected — adj. 1. p. p. of {connect}. [Narrower terms: {abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering(prenominal), conterminous, coterminous, contiguous}] [Narrower terms: {adjunctive}] [Narrower terms: {affined}] [Narrower terms: {attached}] [Narrower terms:… …

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  • 2close-knit — close′ knit′ [[t]kloʊs[/t]] adj. tightly united or connected • Etymology: 1925–30 …

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  • 3close — close1 [ klouz ] verb *** ▸ 1 shut ▸ 2 when business stops ▸ 3 stop use of road etc. ▸ 4 end/finish ▸ 5 reduce distance ▸ 6 stop business relations ▸ 7 finish business deal ▸ 8 put fingers around something ▸ 9 have value at end of day ▸ 10 join… …

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  • 4close-knit — adjective held together as by social or cultural ties a close knit family close knit little villages the group was closely knit • Syn: ↑closely knit • Similar to: ↑close * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ …

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  • 5close — I SHUTTING OR COMPLETING ♦ closes, closing, closed (Pronounced [[t]klo͟ʊz[/t]] in close 1 and 3, and [[t]klo͟ʊs[/t]] in close 2 and 4.) 1) V ERG When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or… …

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  • 6close — I UK [kləʊz] / US [kloʊz] verb Word forms close : present tense I/you/we/they close he/she/it closes present participle closing past tense closed past participle closed *** 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] if you close something, or if it closes,… …

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  • 7close*/*/*/ — [kləʊz] verb I 1) [I/T] if you close something, or if it closes, it moves to cover an open area I was just closing my eyes to go to sleep when the phone rang.[/ex] Did the fridge door close completely?[/ex] 2) [I/T] to stop doing business for a… …

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  • 8close to home — phrasal : within one s strong personal interests so that one is affected especially strongly the audience felt that the speaker s remarks were pretty close to home if … this book might not be too close to home for the average teen age boy to… …

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  • 9close encounter — /kloʊs ɛnˈkaʊntə/ (say klohs en kowntuh) noun an encounter with an extra terrestrial being, usually specified as: 1. close encounter of the first kind, an experience of something connected with the visit of an extra terrestrial being to earth, as …

  • 10Close harmony — Harmony Har mo*ny (h[aum]r m[ o]*n[y^]), n.; pl. {Harmonies} ( n[i^]z). [F. harmonie, L. harmonia, Gr. armoni a joint, proportion, concord, fr. armo s a fitting or joining. See {Article}.] 1. The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any… …

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