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How to Use "Close" with Example Sentences
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close
(n):
the end of an activity
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Used with verbs:
"
Let's
bring
this meeting to a
close
.
"
(bring, draw)
"
Our class has
come
to a
close
.
"
(come)
Used with prepositions:
"
We need to finish this project
by
the
close
of the day.
"
(by, toward, at)
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close
(v):
to shut something
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Used with adverbs:
"
She
firmly
closed
her eyes.
"
(firmly, tightly)
"
Please
close
the door
quietly
.
"
(quietly, gently, silently, softly)
"
The building will be
closed
off
.
"
(off, down, up)
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close
(adv):
at a short distance away
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Used with verbs:
"
My dog
stays
close
to me when there's a thunderstorm.
"
(stays, keeps, comes, moves, gets, stands)
"
She
hugged
me
close
before she left.
"
(hugged, held, pulled)
"
We have
grown
close
.
"
(grown, become, remained)
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close
(adj):
near; affectionate; careful; almost the same
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Used with adverbs:
"
The school is
very
close
to your house.
"
(very, fairly, quite, reasonably, relatively)
"
That car came
dangerously
close
to us.
"
(dangerously, awfully, frighteningly, uncomfortably, terribly)
"
The countries are
geographically
close
.
"
(geographically, politically, economically, ideologically)
"
Our houses are
close
together
.
"
(together)
"
The two sisters are
extremely
close
.
"
(extremely, remarkably, very, quite)
Used with nouns:
"
He is a
close
friend
.
"
(friend, colleague, relative, associate, companion)
"
It was a really
close
fight
.
"
(fight, game, match, election, competition, score, contest)
"
I've made my decision after
close
consideration
.
"
(consideration, examination, observation, investigation, monitoring, watch, study)
Used with prepositions:
"
She is very
close
to
her sister.
"
(to)
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