closer
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- adverb
- /ˈkloʊsər/
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más cerca
- With each step, I felt myself getting closer to my goal.
- closer still
- closer now
But it is one step closer to answering.
- But it is one step closer to answering.
- Yeah, Yeah, I was getting closer and closer Right?
- OK, so let's inspect it a little closer for that dry patches.
- Tenenbaums came out closer to The Life Aquatic.
- is going to pull the world closer to a state,
- There was lie to get closer to a deeper truth.
- What has been creeping ever closer to their world?
- It's so you can move the display closer, kind of like an AIO.
- Well, let let's take a look a little closer. This is a composite
Examples
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That longing carries you closer to the divine.
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But it is one step closer to answering.
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So all the terms get closer and closer together.
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It's going to stay closer to that.
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Has neuroscience gotten us closer to solving this problem?
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Closer by, several teachers from schools on the Tohono O'odham Reservation, also home to Kitt Peak, have been paired with Tucson astronomers.
Academic text (2000) -
The children moved closer to the teacher to hear the story better.
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As the sun set, the shadows grew closer to the trees.
Synonyms
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Near in space, time, or degree
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Close to a person, place, or thing
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At a short distance in space or time
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At a shorter distance in space or time than before
Closer to a place or thing than before
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A metal block that opens and closes the rear of a gun to allow loading a cartridge
How Close
Surface Forms
Morphology
closer = close (transparent) = close + er
Regular comparative formation from the adjective 'close'; meaning 'more close' is directly derived and obvious to learners.
Etymology
Closer comes from the word close, which here means 'near'. So closer simply means 'more near', like when you move something a little nearer to you.