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Close Verb: Meanings, Examples, and Usage (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：shut (close)

close 🔊

/kloʊz/

To move something like a door, window, or lid so that it covers an opening and blocks the way through.

shut 🔊

➕

/ʃʌt/

To move a door, window, or lid so that it covers an opening and blocks passage.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Beginner

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'claudere' (to shut), via Old French 'clore'.

💡 Mnemonic

Imagine a door with a big C-shaped handle—pull it to CLOSE the opening.

📖 Example

Please close the door when you leave to keep the cat inside. 🔊 Please shut the door when you leave to keep the cat inside.

🔗 Collocations

close the door – shut a door

close the window – shut a window

close the lid – shut a lid

🔄 Synonyms

shut (v) – To move something into a closed position, often with a firm action.

seal (v) – To close tightly so that no air or liquid can enter or escape.

fasten (v) – To close or attach something securely using a lock, button, or other device.

🚫 Antonyms

open (v) – To move something so that it no longer blocks an opening.

unlock (v) – To open the lock of something to allow it to be opened.

🌱 Derivatives

closure (n) – The act or process of closing something.

disclose (v) – To make something known that was previously secret.

📖 Cultural Story

The verb 'close' comes from Latin 'claudere', meaning 'to shut'. It evolved through Old French 'clore' and Middle English 'closen'. In business, 'close the deal' is a common modern phrase.

Meaning 2：approach (close)

close 🔊

/kloʊz/

To be near in space, time, or relationship; to move toward something.

Two cars on highway getting closer together

approach 🔊

➕

/əˈproʊtʃ/

To come near in space, time, or relationship; to move toward something or someone.

📁 Category：Space & Distance 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

Our hotel is very close to the beach, just a two-minute walk away. 🔊 Our hotel is very near the beach, just a two-minute walk away.

🔗 Collocations

close to – near in distance or time

close in on – approach gradually from all sides

close behind – following very closely

🔄 Synonyms

approach (v) – To come near or nearer to someone or something in distance or time.

near (v) – To come close to a particular place or time.

draw near (v) – To move closer in space or time.

🚫 Antonyms

recede (v) – To move back or away from a point.

distance (v) – To make or become farther apart.

🌱 Derivatives

closeness (n) – The state of being near in space, time, or relationship.

close-up (n) – A photograph or video taken from a very short distance.