ALL meanings of closeness
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C c - adjective closeness not open to public or general admission, competition, etc.: The entire parish participated in the close communication. 1
- adjective closeness (of a delimiting punctuation mark) occurring at the end of a group of words or characters that is set off, as from surrounding text: close parentheses; close quotes; close brackets. Compare open (def 32). 1
- adjective closeness Hunting, Angling. closed (def 8). 1
- adjective closeness Phonetics. (of a vowel) articulated with a relatively small opening between the tongue and the roof of the mouth. Compare high (def 23), open (def 35a). 1
- adjective closeness Heraldry. (of a bird) represented as having folded wings: an eagle close. 1
- adjective closeness Archaic. viscous; not volatile. 1
- adverb closeness in a close manner; closely. 1
- adverb closeness near; close by. 1
- adverb closeness Heraldry. immediately behind the ears, so as to show no neck: a bear's head couped close. 1
- noun closeness the act of closing. 1
- noun closeness the end or conclusion: at the close of day; the close of the speech. 1
- noun closeness an enclosed place or enclosure, especially one about or beside a cathedral or other building. 1
- noun closeness any piece of land held as private property. 1
- noun closeness complimentary close. 1
- noun closeness Music. cadence (def 7). 1
- noun closeness Stock Exchange. the closing price on a stock. the closing prices on an exchange market. 1
- noun closeness Scot. a narrow entry or alley terminating in a dead end. a courtyard enclosed except for one narrow entrance. 1
- noun closeness Archaic. a junction; union. 1
- noun closeness Obsolete. a close encounter; a grapple: The fighters met in a fierce close. 1
- idioms closeness close ranks, to unite forces, especially by overlooking petty differences, in order to deal with an adverse or challenging situation; to join together in a show of unity, especially to the public: When the newspaper story broke suggesting possible corruption in the government, the politicians all closed ranks. 1
- idioms closeness close to the wind, Nautical. in a direction nearly opposite to that from which the wind is coming: to sail close to the wind. 1
- idioms closeness close up, from close range; in a detailed manner; intimately. Nautical. fully raised; at the top of the halyard: an answering pennant flown close up. Compare dip1 (def 37). 1
- noun closeness The state of being friends. 0
- noun closeness The state of being mean or stingy. 0
- noun closeness The state of being secretive. 0
- noun closeness (mathematics) The shortest path between two vertices in a graph. 0
- noun closeness (archaic) Solitude, seclusion. 0