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too close to call

too close to call
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [too verb klohz too kawl]
    • /tu verb kloʊz tu kɔl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [too verb klohz too kawl]
    • /tu verb kloʊz tu kɔl/

Definitions of too close to call words

  • phrase too close to call If something such as a competition or an election is too close to call, it is not possible to predict who will win because it seems likely to be won by only a very small margin. 0
  • noun too close to call (of the outcome of a competition, election, match, etc) unable to be predicted 0

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Parts of speech for Too close to call

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

too close to call popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

Synonyms for too close to call

adv too close to call

  • head-to-head — in direct confrontation, opposition, or competition: a head-to-head battle between the two companies.

adverb too close to call

  • close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
  • deadlocked — If a dispute or series of negotiations is deadlocked, no agreement can be reached because neither side will give in at all. You can also say that the people involved are deadlocked.
  • drawn — past participle of draw.

adjective too close to call

  • needle — a small, slender, rodlike instrument, usually of polished steel, with a sharp point at one end and an eye or hole for thread at the other, for passing thread through cloth to make stitches in sewing.
  • needler — A person who annoys or antagonizes another.

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