Closer

Definition: Closer

Closer

Adjective

1. (comparative of `close') indicating the one of two that is the shorter distance away; "take the near street and ten turn right".

Adverb

1. (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance; "come closer, my dear!"; "they drew nearer"; "getting nearer to the true explanation".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "closer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Building & Civil Engineering

Occupations

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Synonyms: Closer

Crosswords: Closer

Mordorthe only place in Middle-Earth we don't want to see any closer, and it's the one place we're trying to get to. (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

The closer I get to you, the worse it gets (Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones; writing credit: George Lucas)

He now says that the house is a couple of blocks to his left, but he's scared if he gets any closer he'll be shot (Black Hawk Down; writing credit: Ken Nolan)

Closer than his wife would like (Outbreak; writing credit: Laurence Dworet; Robert Roy Pool)

The closer you get to being a pro, the closer you can get to the client (Léon; writing credit: Luc Besson)

Darlin' if you want me to be closer to you, get closer to me. (Get Closer; performing artist: SEALS & CROFTS)

You're getting closer, (Loser; performing artist: 3 Doors Down)

Seems like you wanna get closer (I Do (Wanna Get Close To You); performing artist: 3LW)

I know when to pull you closer, (Making Love Out Of Nothing At All; performing artist: Air Supply)

Squint your eyes and look closer (32 Flavors; performing artist: Alana Davis)

South Dakota: Closer Than North Dakota (references; author: unknown)

If someone is standing between you and God, guess who's closer to God. (references; author: unknown)

Ask yourself if what you are doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow. (references; author: unknown)

The Closer to the Bone the Sweeter the Meat (1969)

Muscle Up a Little Closer (1957)

Come Closer (1954)

Folks Come Closer (1936)

Closer Than a Brother (1925)

Come A Little Bit Closer (performing artist: Jay and the Americans)

Just a Closer Walk With Thee (performing artist: Jimmie Rodgers)

THE CLOSER I GET TO YOU  (performing artist: Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway )

Closer To Free (performing artist: The BoDeans)

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Books

• Closer (reference)

• Closer Than Ever (Two of a Kind, 25) (reference)

• Friendship Factor: How to Get Closer to the People You Care for (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Hush Little Baby/Closer & Closer (reference)

• One Step Closer to Jesus (reference)

• Closer (reference)

• Islam:A Closer Look (reference)

• Mike and the Mechanics: A Closer Look (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Closer Than a Kiss: This Game of Love (reference)

• Move Closer (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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A closer look at the Hubble telescope's most detailed image, the Hubble Deep Field, reveals ... Credit: NASA.

Closer view of the "cometary knots" in the Helix Nebula. Credit: NASA.

Going down into a large crevasse for a closer look. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

An aerial with a closer view of the containment dike on the right. One interesting feature to note is the multiple outlets pumping sediment onto the island. East Timbalier Island was sediment starved, the pumping of sediments onto the marsh platform is helping the island to accrete. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Closer view of phase 2B. Credit: Gary Kramer.

Underway, probably during trials in about September 1936. Her 1.1" anti-aircraft machineguns and main battery gun directors have not yet been installed. The hull numbers at her bow appear to have been retouched. Balch wore her bow numbers closer to the waterline at the time of her trials. Credit: NAVY.

Diorama by Norman Bel Geddes, depicting the attack by USS Enterprise (CV-6) and USS Yorktown (CV-5) dive bombers on the Japanese aircraft carriers Akagi, Kaga and Soryu in the morning of 4 June 1942. The diorama was created during World War II on the basis of information then available. It is therefore somewhat inaccurate in scope and detail. This angle of view depicts Soryu (attacked by Yorktown aircraft) in the middle distance, with Kaga and Akagi (both attacked by Enterprise aircraft) as the closer two burning ships. Credit: NAVY.

Keep going, Sam -- you're getting closer every step!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Charleston, S.C. Roper's Hospital; a closer view. Credit: Library of Congress.

Washington, D.C. Closer view of Aqueduct Bridge, with Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in foreground. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It is a power, that hath no other end but preservation, and therefore can never have a right to destroy, enslave, or designedly to impoverish the subjects.* The obligations of the law of nature cease not in society, but only in many cases are drawn closer, and have by human laws known penalties annexed to them, to inforce their observation. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The closer you penetrated to the substance of his mind, the sounder it appeared

At the point of this story at which we now are, a closer acquaintance with Fauchelevent becomes necessary

Their minds, lately estranged, seemed suddenly to have been drawn closer, one to the other

The beam of light was closer now, and it bounced into the sky and then disappeared, and then bounced up again

It requires so much closer attention to the habits of the birds, that, if for that reason only, I have been willing to omit the gun.

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Health

So far none has stood up under closer scrutiny. (references)

Some people find that they feel closer than ever to their partners and have an increased desire for sexual activity. (references)

Levels of estrogen and progesterone can change erratically from month to month as you age and get closer to menopause. (references)

Business

The segment for carpets has closer ties to the construction industry than the draperies segment. (references)

New Zealand and Australia have, under the Closer Economic Relations (CER) a free trade arrangement. (references)

A more accurate account, if possible, would probably indicate a number closer to 140,000 subscribers. (references)

Civil Liberties

Rwanda

The Church and the Government moved closer to a resolution of the question of using churches as genocide memorials, and several churches were reconsecrated and returned to serving the community. (references)

Economic History

Belgium

In 1995, FDF and PRL decided on closer cooperation. (references)

Moldova

A further downgrade will bring Moldova closer to the default category. (references)

Human Rights

Dominican Republic

A soldier demanded that he pay closer to $0.90 (15 pesos). (references)

Argentina

Official statistics show a crime rate increase closer to 10 percent, and Ministry of Justice statistics show an increase of over 300 percent in the last decade. (references)

Bolivia

The warning shots apparently failed to dissuade the demonstrators, who moved closer to the troops and, in one case, attempted to wrestle a rifle from a soldier. (references)

Minorities

Czech Republic

In May the Ministry of Interior announced a forceful effort to counter the neo-Nazis, which included increased monitoring of their activities, closer cooperation with police units in neighboring countries, and concentrated efforts to shut down unauthorized concerts and gatherings of neo-Nazi groups. (references)

Bulgaria

According to a census taken during the year, ethnic Bulgarians make up 86 percent of the population, ethnic Turks 9 percent, and ethnic Roma 4 percent; however, the real percentage of Roma is likely closer to 6 or 7 percent, since many persons of Romani descent tend to identify themselves to the authorities as ethnic Turks or Bulgarians. (references)

Burma

Ethnic minority areas that were remote from active insurgent operations, such as the large Karen areas of Irrawaddy Division, experienced tighter controls on personal movement, including more frequent military checkpoints, closer monitoring by military intelligence, and larger military garrisons, and hence more informal taxes, than comparable Burman areas. (references)

Political Economy

Ukraine

Starting in late 1993, the United States and Ukraine began to develop closer economic and commercial ties. (references)

Madagascar

Overall, government efforts to bring dina authorities under closer regulation and scrutiny continued to show results. (references)

Romania

The Strategic Partnership established in 1997 provided a framework for closer cooperation in regional political, economic, and military affairs. (references)

Trade

Botswana

SADC was established to promote closer economic, social and political integration in the region. (references)

Ukraine

Customs clearance can be a lengthy process, so it is better that goods are secured and guarded until closer to their final destination point. (references)

Mexico

A new variation that comes closer to project financing is a Memorandum of Understanding between the EXIM and Mexico's Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Publicos (BANOBRAS, a national development bank). (references)

Women

Iceland

Some local human rights monitors also attribute underreporting to the fact that convictions traditionally yield light sentences: The maximum penalty for rape is 16 years, but the actual sentences imposed typically are much closer to the minimum sentence of 1 year. (references)

Spain

A 1999 study commissioned by the Women's Institute, which is part of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, indicated that 4.2 percent of women reported domestic abuse in the previous year but concluded that the number who actually had been abused was closer to 12.4 percent, based on the survey responses of approximately 20,000 women. (references)

Worker Rights

Argentina

Those employed full time in the informal sector are estimated to make closer to $370 (370 pesos) a month. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "closer": Boot closer ♦ breech closer ♦ bring closer ♦ come closer ♦ File closer ♦ get closer ♦ grow closer ♦ move closer together ♦ on a closer view ♦ on closer inspection. Additional references.

Beginning with "closer": closer-grained, closer-knit, closer-than-expected.

Ending with "closer": ever-closer.

Afrikaans

naderkom (advance, approach, come close, come closer, come on). (various references)

Albanian

përfundoj (accomplish, bring closer, button up, clinch, close, come out, complete, conclude, determine, do, end, finalize, finish, finish off, fulfil, fulfill, lapse, perfect, push through, put through, reason, result, terminate, touch up, transact, wear), afrohem (advance, approach, approximate, border on, close in, close on, come close, come closer, come on, draw near, gain on, impend, make up, near, nigh, verge). (various references)

Arabic 

‏أقرب (nearer, next). (various references)

Chinese 

比较紧密. (various references)

Czech

sblížit (bring closer). (various references)

Danish

ved vinkelboejede smedeemner loeber fibrene taettere i den indadgaaende vinkel,ved skaerende bearbejdning bliver virkningen endog forstaerket (in elbow forging the fibres pass closer to the re-entrant angles where machining of the shoulder makes it even more accentuated), Faellesskabet har til opgave at fremme snaevrere forbindelser mellem de Stater,som det forener (the Community shall have as its task to promote closer relations between the Member States belonging to it), en stadig snævrere union mellem de europæiske folk (an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe), at traeffe de noedvendige foranstaltninger til at bringe miljoepolitikken i de enkelte lande naermere sammen (to take the necessary measures to bring environmental policies closer together), at skabe grundlag for en stadiq snaevrere sammenslutning mellem de folk (to lay the foundations of an ever closer union among the peoples.). (various references)

Dutch

naderen (advance, approach, come close, come closer, come on), naderbýkomen (approach, come closer), naderbý komen (advance, approach, come close, come closer, come on), nader treden (advance, approach, come close, come closer, come on), nabý komen (advance, approach, come close, come closer, come on), in aantocht zýn (advance, come close, come closer, come on), het nemen van de nodige maatregelen om hun milieubeleid meer op elkaar af te stemmen (to take the necessary measures to bring environmental policies closer together), een steeds hechter verbond tussen de volkeren van Europa (an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe), dichtbýkomen (approach, come closer), de grondslagen leggen voor een steeds hechter verbond tussen de volkeren (to lay the foundations of an ever closer union among the peoples.), de Gemeenschap heeft tot taak nauwere betrekkingen tussen de in de Gemeenschap verenigde Staten te bevorderen (the Community shall have as its task to promote closer relations between the Member States belonging to it), bij gebogen smeedstukken lopen de vezels dichter langs de binnenhoeken;bewerking van de buitenhoek accentueert dit nog (in elbow forging the fibres pass closer to the re-entrant angles where machining of the shoulder makes it even more accentuated). (various references)

Esperanto

proksimiĝi (advance, approach, come close, come closer, come on), apudiĝi (approach, come closer), alproksimiĝi (advance, come close, come closer, come on). (various references)

Faeroese

nærkast (advance, approach, come close, come closer, come on). (various references)

Finnish

lähemmin (nearer). (various references)

French

savon, quart, mulot, mulet. (various references)

German

näher (further, nearer, sewer, sooner), enger (pokier). (various references)

Greek 

στα τεμάχη εξ αγκονοειδών τύπων,οι ίνες διέρχονται πιο κοντά στις εσωτερικές γωνίες όπου η μηχανική κατεργασία της καμπής τα καθιστά ακόμη (in elbow forging the fibres pass closer to the re-entrant angles where machining of the shoulder makes it even more accentuated), μια διαρκώς στενότερη ένωση των λαών της Ευρώπης (an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe), η Kοινότης έχει ως αποστολή να προάγει σχέσεις περισσότερο στενές μεταξύ των Kρατών που συνενώνει (the Community shall have as its task to promote closer relations between the Member States belonging to it), θέτουν τις βάσεις μιας διαρκώς στενότερης ενώσεως των λαών (to lay the foundations of an ever closer union among the peoples.). (various references)

Hawaiian

afrohem (advance, approach, come close, come closer, come on). (various references)

Hebrew 

לקרב (approach, bring closer, bring near, near). (various references)

Hungarian

szorosabbra fűz (to bind closer, to draw tighter, to tighten). (various references)

Indonesian

dekatan (come closer). (various references)

Italian

un'Unione sempre più stretta tra i popoli dell'Europa (an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe), prendere le misure necessarie per ravvicinare le politiche relative all'ambiente (to take the necessary measures to bring environmental policies closer together), porre le fondamenta di una unione sempre più stretta fra i popoli (to lay the foundations of an ever closer union among the peoples.), Nei fucinati a gomito le fibre seguono gli angoli interni e la lavorazione meccanica della gola le accentua ancora di più (in elbow forging the fibres pass closer to the re-entrant angles where machining of the shoulder makes it even more accentuated), la Comunità ha il compito di promuovere più strette relazioni fra gli Stati che ad essa partecipano (the Community shall have as its task to promote closer relations between the Member States belonging to it), avvicinarsi (advance, approach, come, come close, come closer, come on, near, walk up), avvicinarse (advance, come close, come closer). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

詰め寄る (to draw closer, to draw near), 近づく (to approach, to get acquainted with, to get closer, to get near), 近付く (to approach, to get acquainted with, to get closer, to get near), 接近 (approaching, drawing nearer, getting closer), 擦り寄る (to cuddle with, to draw close to, to draw closer to, to edge up to, to nestle close to, to snuggle up to), 摩り寄る (to cuddle with, to draw close to, to draw closer to, to edge up to, to nestle close to, to snuggle up to). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すりよる (to cuddle with, to draw close to, to draw closer to, to edge up to, to nestle close to, to snuggle up to), つめよる (to draw closer, to draw near), せっきん (approaching, drawing nearer, getting closer), ちかづく (to approach, to get acquainted with, to get closer, to get near). (various references)

Korean 

근접하여 (Closest). (various references)

Manx

jeighder (shutter), dooneyder (fastener, shutter, sphincter). (various references)

Papiamen

acercá (advance, come close, come closer, come on). (various references)

Pig Latin

oserclay.(various references)

Polish

zbliżyć się (advance, approach, come close, come closer, come on). (various references)

Portuguese

mais próximo (nearer). (various references)

Romanian

la o examinare mai atentã (on a closer view). (various references)

Russian 

ближе ближний. (various references)

Scottish

tiughaich (set closer). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

približiti se (approach, approximate, bring closer, get on to, near), približiti (bring closer). (various references)

Spanish

íntimamente (face to face, intimately, inward, thick). (various references)

Swedish

närmare (fuller). (various references)

Turkish

yaklaştırmak (adduct, bring closer, bring near). (various references)

Ukrainian

чтверть цеглини, бігун, що різко фінішує. (various references)

propior, propius. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "closer": closers. (additional references)

Words ending with "closer": discloser, encloser, incloser. (additional references)

Words containing "closer": cycloserine, cycloserines, disclosers, enclosers, inclosers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Closer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Blosser, clier, clloster, cloner, clooner, clores, Closey, cloyer, coleer, colfer, coser, Cosner, Cossor, croser, Eloesser, flooser, Kleiser, Kolesar, Mccosker, Mcloskey, Sclosa. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ceorls, cresol.

-1 letter: ceorl, ceros, close, coles, cores, corse, lores, loser, orles, roles, score, socle, sorel.

-2 letters: cels, cero, cole, cols, core, cors, eros, lore, lose, oles, orcs, ores, orle, recs, rocs, roes, role, rose, sloe, sole, sore.

-3 letters: cel, col, cor, cos, els, ers, oes, ole, orc, ore, ors, ose, rec, res, roc, roe, sec.

+1 letter: cholers, claroes, cloners, closers, closure, clovers, coalers, coilers, colters, colures, coolers, corbels, cormels, cornels, corslet, costrel, creoles, creosol, cresols, escolar, lectors, lockers, oracles, recoals, recoils, relocks, scolder, scowler, solacer.

+2 letters: acerolas, alfresco, blockers, bricoles, cajolers, calories, caloyers, carioles, carolers, carousel, ceorlish, choleras, chorales, chortles, clobbers, clockers, cloggers, cloister, closured, closures, clotures, clouters, clowders, coarsely, cobblers, coddlers, coistrel, colessor, colliers, coloreds, colorers, consoler, coracles, corbeils, cordless, coreless, coronels, corselet, corslets, corulers, costlier, costrels, coulters, couplers, creolise, creosols, cropless, crosslet, crousely, decolors, earlocks, electors, electros, encloser, enscroll, ensorcel, escarole, escolars, incloser, lacrosse, licensor, locaters, precools, recolors, reschool, rockless, scleroid, scleroma, sclerose, sclerous, scolders, scowlers, scrolled, sectoral, selector, sherlock, sloucher, solacers, ulcerous.