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close to

close to adverb: approximately.

Adverb

close to (comparative closer to, superlative closest to)

  1. Approximately.
    • It lasted close to an hour.
    • It rained for close to forty days and forty nights.
  2. (informal) Nearly; almost.
    • The project is close to finished.

Preposition

close to

  1. Near.
    • The chair was close to the window.
    • She looked fraught and close to tears.

close to meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Vietnamese

close to in Tamil

அருகில்

close to in Arabic

near
بِالْقُرْب مِن bi-l-qurb min, بِجَانِب bi-jānib

close to in Vietnamese

near
ở gần, gần

Examples of close to in a sentence

  • They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely.1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
  • I took a couple of everlasting big strokes and managed to grab hold of the skiff's rail, close to the stern.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

Synonyms of close to

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Forms of close to

comparativecloser to
superlativeclosest to

Questions about close to

What does close to mean?
Close to means approximately.
What is close to in Tamil?
Close to in Tamil is அருகில். See Close to meaning in Tamil.
How do you use close to in a sentence?
They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely.
What part of speech is close to?
Close to can be an adverb or a preposition.

Words near close to in the dictionary

  1. close the stable door after the horse has bolted
  2. close thing
  3. close things
  4. close time
  5. close times
  6. close to
  7. close to home
  8. close to one's vest
  9. close to someone's heart
  10. close to the bone
  11. close to the metal

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: close to (page history and authors); close to (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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