close to meaning
EN- AdverbCOMcloser toSUPclosest to
- (of quantifiers of nouns) Approximately.
- It lasted close to an hour.
- It rained for close to forty days and forty nights.
- INF Nearly; almost.
- The project is close to finished.
- (of quantifiers of nouns) Approximately.
- Preposition
- Near.
- The chair was close to the window.
- Near.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The curve has the highest slope when the FRET efficiency is 0.5 and the interchromophore distance is close to R 0 .
- Even if it were working perfectly, the stimulus would not come close to stemming the cascade of joblessness unleashed by this megarecession.
- That pitcher doesn't like the hitters too close to the plate so every once in a while he'll dust off a batter.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of close to in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adverbs
- Prepositions
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Source: Wiktionary

