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   Close·ness

   /ˈklōsnəs/

   

   noun

   • 1. the quality of being only a short distance away or apart in space or time: "the geographical closeness of our two countries"
   • ▪ the state of being narrowly enclosed: "the claustrophobic closeness of the living quarters"
   • ▪ the quality of having only a small margin between winner and loser: "the closeness of the race"
   • 2. the quality of affection or intimacy in a relationship: "moments of closeness with friends and family members"
   • ▪ the quality or state of having a strong resemblance or connection: "apes are often selected due to their evolutionary closeness to humans"
   • 3. the quality of being done in an attentive and thorough way: "the closeness with which he watched current events"

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   What does close mean in a sentence?

   • The speaker's remarks hit close to home. The criticism cut close to the bone. She tends to keep her opinions close to the vest. close, end, conclude, finish, complete, terminate mean to bring or come to a stopping point or limit. close usually implies that something has been in some way open as well as unfinished.

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   What does closeness mean after a breakup?

   • the state or quality of having a strong bond of love or friendship; intimacy: After the breakup, he thought he would never feel trust or real closeness again. nearness in kind or relationship: Their analysis emphasized the closeness of the correlation between food prices and energy prices.

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   What is closeness?

   • Definition of closeness noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [uncountable] closeness to somebody/something the fact of being near to somebody/something in space or time Maltese cuisine is influenced by Malta’s physical closeness to Italy. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.

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   What makes a person a close person?

   • They flourish in a thousand incarnations of closeness and distance, warmth, loyalty and distrust. Humor in the company of others promotes a sense of closeness. It leans in and envelops the viewer in an intensity of closeness. Friends, couples and co-workers who play together report feeling greater intimacy and closeness.

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