amerikai:
brit:
1. An end or conclusion.
We owe them our thanks for bringing the project to a successful close.
2. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
3. A grapple in wrestling.
4. The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
5. A double bar marking the end.
6. (travel) The time when checkin staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
1. (physical) To remove a gap.
2. (social) To finish, to terminate.
3. To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine.
4. To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
1. (chiefly Yorkshire) An enclosed field.
2. (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
3. A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
4. 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.
1. Closed, shut.
2. Narrow; confined.
a close alley; close quarters
3. At a little distance; near.
Is your house close?
4. Intimate; well-loved.
He is a close friend.
5. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
6. (Ireland, England, Scotland) Hot, humid, with no wind.
7. (of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
8. Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
a close prisoner
9. Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
10. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.
a close contest
11. Short.
to cut grass or hair close
12. Dense; solid; compact.
13. Concise; to the point.
close reasoning
14. Difficult to obtain.
Money is close.
15. Parsimonious; stingy.
16. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.
a close translation
17. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.
The patient was kept under close observation.
18. Marked, evident.