Synonym: about, approximately, around, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some. Similar words: be close to, closet, close, closer, close in, closely, close up, closest. Meaning: adv. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.
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31) He knew the matter very well, but held his cards close to his chest.
32) McLaren are close to sealing a deal with Renault.
33) The country is frighteningly close to possessing nuclear weapons.
34) The children are close to each other in age.
35) They lived in a town close to the frontier.
36) The result is too close to call .
37) Sisulu spent close to 30 years in prison.
38) I felt very close to him.
39) Children craned to get close to him.
40) I hate people standing too close to me.
41) They were skirmishing close to the minefield now.
42) We're close to clinching the deal.
43) Don't you feel hot so close to the fire?
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44) The girl pressed close to her mother.
45) The fate line begins close to the wrist.
46) His friend was close to death .
47) Guy's house was close to the observatory.
48) Don't get too close to that dog, Rosie.
49) Most students are on/close to/below the breadline.
50) Karpov, the champion, came perilously close to losing.
51) It was close to one-fifteen a.m.
52) We were close to when it happened.
53) The economy is precariously close to recession.
54) The soldiers' hair was cropped close to the skull.
55) He was hollow-eyed and seemed very close to exhaustion.
56) Some ding-a-ling parked too close to us.
57) We found a parking space close to the museum.
58) The team is close to bottom of the League.
59) Susan sat on a chair close to the window.
60) He was quite close to his older brother.
More similar words: be close to, closet, close, closer, close in, closely, close up, closest, close down, disclose, lose, set off, set out, set fire to, give rise to, lose sight of, lose interest, cloud, o'clock, lost, clownish, set, clothing, at a loss, set up, offset, upset, asset, settle, set down.