Closer Meaning
/ˈkləʊ.sə/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjcomparative form of close: more close
advWithin a shorter distance.
Sentence Examples
Come closer in order that you may see the screen better.
Are you aware that Okinawa is closer to China than to Honshu?
The aim is to promote closer economic integration.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The teacher asked the student to move ____ to the blackboard to see clearly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
If you come a bit ____, you will be able to see the painting ton.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English closere, equivalent to close (verb) + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"In the spring of 1938 the Japanese imperialists invaded Yü-tz'u and T'ai-ku in Shansi. Everyone was in panic as the flames of war came closer and closer to Hsiang-yüan hsien."
— 1976, Sidney L. Greenblatt, editor, The People of Taihang, White Plains, NY: International Arts and Sciences Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 168:
"[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […]."
— 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
"The longitudinal bond of the walls is only 24 inches, or one fourth of the length of a brick of 9 inches, and is obtained by introducing closers 24 inches broad"
— 1852, Notes on Building and Road-making:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The teacher asked the student to move ____ to the blackboard to see clearly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
If you come a bit ____, you will be able to see the painting ton.