close

Verb

1. (ambitransitive, physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
2. (physical, transitive) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
3. (intransitive, physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
4. (figuratively, intransitive, physical, transitive) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
5. (intransitive, physical, transitive) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
6. (intransitive, physical, transitive) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
7. (physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
8. (especially, intransitive, physical, transitive) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
9. (transitive) To finish.
10. (intransitive) To finish.
11. (ergative) To finish.
12. (transitive) To finish.
13. (transitive) To finish.
14. (transitive) To finish.
15. (transitive) To make or become non-operational or unavailable for use.
16. (intransitive) To make or become non-operational or unavailable for use.
17. (intransitive) To make or become non-operational or unavailable for use.
18. (intransitive) To make or become non-operational or unavailable for use.
19. (ergative) To make or become non-operational or unavailable for use.
20. (Cyprus, Philippines, Quebec) To make or become non-operational or unavailable for use.
21. (figuratively) To come or gather around; to enclose.
22. To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.

Noun

1. An end or conclusion.
2. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
3. The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
4. A grapple in wrestling.
5. The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
6. A double bar marking the end.
7. The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.

Adj

1. Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to.
2. Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to.
3. Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to.
4. Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to.
5. Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to.
6. Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to.
7. Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to.
8. Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc.
9. Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc.
10. Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc.
11. Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc.
12. Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc.
13. Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc.
14. (Ireland, UK) Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc.
15. (archaic) Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc.
16. Rigorous, careful, etc.
17. Rigorous, careful, etc.
18. Rigorous, careful, etc.
19. Short.
20. (archaic) Closed, shut.
21. Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
22. With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
23. (dated) Difficult to obtain.
24. (dated) Parsimonious; stingy.
25. (obsolete) Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
26. (archaic) Concise; to the point.
27. Marked, evident.

Adv

1. In a close manner (limited contexts; more often closely).
2. In a close manner (limited contexts; more often closely).
3. In a close manner (limited contexts; more often closely).

Noun

1. (Yorkshire, archaic) An enclosed field, especially a field enclosed around a (usually religious) building.
2. (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. The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed

Opposite of

open, begin, commence, initiate, start, launch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kləʊz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: closen

Inherited from Middle English: clusen

Inherited from Old English: clȳsan

Inherited from Middle English: clos

Cognate with Latin: clāvis

Cognate with Ancient Greek: κλείς

Cognate with German: schließen

Cognate with Dutch: sluiten

Cognate with Old English: lūcan

In summary

From Middle English closen (“to close, enclose”), partly continuing (in altered form) earlier Middle English clusen (“to close”) from Old English clȳsan (“to close, shut”); compare beclose, foreclose, etc.), and partly derived from Middle English clos (“close, shut up, confined, secret”, adjective), from Old French clos (“close, confined”, adjective), from Latin clausus (“shut up”, past participle), from claudere (“to bar, block, close, enclose, bring an end to, confine”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“key, hook, nail”), related to Latin clāvis (“key, deadbolt, bar”), clāvus (“nail, peg”), claustrum (“bar, bolt, barrier”), claustra (“dam, wall, barricade, stronghold”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “bar, bolt, key”), German schließen (“to close, conclude, lock”), Dutch sluiten (“to close, conclude, lock”). Partially replaced Old English lūcan (“to close, lock, enclose”), (whence English lock). Doublet of clause.

Synonyms

near

shut

end

🔚

nearby

intimate

finish

cover

termination

tight

lock

🔒

conclusion

thick

terminate

adjacent

conclude

compact

next

stuffy

stop

🛑

dense

seal

🦭

narrow

close up

shut down

closely

closed

sultry

complete

familiar

close down

nigh

block

shut off

ending

beside

fold

neighbouring

finale

shut up

close-fitting

friendly

close by

discontinue

cease

hide

enclose

closing

muggy

almost

about

Translations

fermer

vicino

chiudere

cerrar

nahe

proche

schließen

fechar

près

sluiten

cerca

cercano

zumachen

zamykać

tancar

Sentences

Independence Park Stadium , a tiny public baseball stadium , is also close by .

He moved to Berlin to be close to his friend , producer Moses Schneider .

During these years he maintained close contact with students , encouraging their more constructive activities .

The municipality invests close to half a million dollars in promoting its cultural assets .