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say it: klohs
close is a verb, adjective, noun and adverb meaning "move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut". It is pronounced /ˈkloʊs/ — klohs. It carries 37 recorded senses.
complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
“We closed on the house on Friday”
“They closed the deal on the building”
be priced or listed when trading stops
“The stock market closed high this Friday”
“My new stocks closed at $59 last night”
change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
ball game
come together, as if in an embrace
“Her arms closed around her long lost relative”
finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
“The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning”
at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
“close to noon”
“how close are we to town?”
“a close formation of ships”
close in relevance or relationship
“a close family”
“we are all...in close sympathy with...”
“close kin”
“a close resemblance”
rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
“close supervision”
“paid close attention”
“a close study”
“kept a close watch on expenditures”
lacking fresh air
“a dusty airless attic”
“the dreadfully close atmosphere”
“hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke”
giving or spending with reluctance
“our cheeseparing administration”
“very close (or near) with his money”
“a penny-pinching miserly old man”
inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
“although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it”
the temporal end; the concluding time
“the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell”
“the market was up at the finish”
“they were playing better at the close of the season”
the last section of a communication
“in conclusion I want to say...”
the concluding part of any performance
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for close come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.