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adj
- unaffected by time
- of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date
- having no known beginning and presumably no end
- not bearing a date
- Without a start; immemorial
- Having no date—a meeting with a lover or potential lover.
- Without a date imprinted, assigned, or associated.
- Out of one's head; deranged.
- (British, dialect, slang) Thick-headed.
- Timeless; immortal
noun
- time without end
- a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife
- a seemingly endless time interval (waiting)
- (uncountable, philosophy, theology) Existence outside of time.
- (informal, hyperbolic) A comparatively long time.
- (metaphysical) The remainder of time that elapses after death.
- (uncountable) Existence without end, infinite time.
- (countable) A period of time which extends infinitely far into the future.
noun
- time without end
- (countable, mathematics) A number that has an infinite numerical value that cannot be counted.
- (countable, uncountable) The symbol ∞.
- (countable, topology, mathematical analysis) An idealised point which is said to be approached by sequences of values whose magnitudes increase without bound.
- (uncountable) endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of a beginning, end or limits to size.
- (uncountable) A number which is very large compared to some characteristic number. For example, in optics, an object which is much further away than the focal length of a lens is said to be "at infinity", as the distance of the image from the lens varies very little as the distance increases further.
adj
- Unchanged through time or space; permanent.
- uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
- Consistently recurring over time; persistent.
- (computing, complexity theory) Bounded above by a constant.
- Firm; solid; not fluid.
- Steady in purpose, action, feeling, etc.
- unvarying in nature
- steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection
noun
- That which is permanent or invariable.
- (sciences) Any property of an experiment, determined numerically, that does not change under given circumstances.
- (computing) An identifier that is bound to an invariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability of source code.
- (algebra) A quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion or operation.
- a quantity that does not vary
- a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context
noun
- time passed in a particular bodily form
- the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
- a new personification of a familiar idea
- An incarnate being or form.
- The state of being incarnated.
- A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like.
- A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
- The act of incarnating.
- An assumption of human form or nature.
- A version or iteration (of something).
noun
- the property of enduring or continuing in time
- the period of time during which something continues
- the act of continuing an activity without interruption
- (countable, law, chiefly US) An order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period.
- The period during which something continues or goes on; duration.
- (uncountable) The action of continuing.
noun
- the property of enduring or continuing in time
- continuance in time
- the period of time during which something continues
- An amount of time or a particular time interval.
- (in the singular, not followed by "of") The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war.
- (finance) A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a financial asset to changes in interest rates, computed for a simple bond as a weighted average of the maturities of the interest and principal payments associated with it.
verb
- return in time
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- place restrictions on
- (intransitive often with on) To reduce consumption.
- (intransitive with on) To reduce spending.
- (transitive and intransitive with on) To reduce the amount of (something).
- (intransitive, surfing) To perform the cutback maneuver.
- (intransitive often with to) To use a short cut; to move to a location to block someone; to cut someone off
noun
- continuance in time
- a section of something that is long and narrow
- the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
- size of the gap between two places
- the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end
- (mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
- (horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
- (theater) A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines.
- (bridge) The number of cards held in a particular suit.
- Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
- Duration.
- (cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
- (figuratively) Total extent.
- The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
- (wine) The amount of time for which the taste of wine lingers on the palate after swallowing or spitting it out, measured in caudilies.
- (slang) A penis.
adj
- separate or apart in time
- located far away spatially
- remote in manner
- separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
- far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship
- (television, not comparable) Imported into a cable television system from a different market (and thus possibly incurring a copyright royalty).
- Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.
- Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
adj
noun
- a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
- (computing) A source control repository hosted on a remote machine, rather than locally.
- (broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
- Ellipsis of remote control.
verb
adj
- continuing in time or space without interruption
- of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity
- Without intervening space; continued.
- (grammar) Expressing an ongoing action or state.
- (mathematics, more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).
- (botany) Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
- Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
- (mathematical analysis, of a function) Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.
suffix
adj
noun
adj
- not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly
- subdued or brought low in condition or status
- (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded
- physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
- thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
- out of working order (‘busted’ is an informal substitute for ‘broken’)
- imperfectly spoken or written
- tamed or trained to obey
- topographically very uneven
- lacking a part or parts
- weakened and infirm
- discontinuous
- destroyed financially
- (of land) Uneven.
- (of a melody) Having periods of silence scattered throughout; not regularly continuous.
- (of a promise, etc) Breached; violated; not kept.
- (of a person) Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.
- (meteorology, of the sky) Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.
- (sports, video games, of a tactic or option) Overpowered; overly powerful; giving a player too much power.
- (of an electronic connection) Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.
- (of skin) Split or ruptured.
- (of language) Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being produced by a non-native speaker.
- Having no money; bankrupt, broke.
- (of sleep) Interrupted; not continuous.
- Non-functional; not functioning properly.
- (colloquial, US, of a situation) Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.
- (of a line) Dashed; made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
- Fragmented; in separate pieces.
- (informal) Badly designed or implemented.
- (of a bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.
verb
adj
- Of or relating to time as distinguished from space.
- (euphemistic) Lasting for a short time only.
- (grammar) Relating to or denoting time or tense.
- (relational) Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clerical.
- Of limited time, transient, passing, not perpetual, as opposed to eternal.
- Of or relating to the sequence of time or to a particular time.
- (anatomy, relational) Of or situated in the temples of the head or the sides of the skull behind the orbits.
- of or relating to or limited by time
- of this earth or world
- characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
- not eternal
- of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)
noun
- (zootomy) Any of a reptile's scales on the side of the head between the parietal and supralabial scales, and behind the postocular scales.
- (chiefly in the plural) Anything temporal or secular; a temporality.
- (anatomy) Ellipsis of temporal bone.
- the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb
adj
- (atomic physics) Unperturbed over time.
- Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
- (Christianity) Not bound by the vows of a religious order.
- (literary) Centuries-old, ancient.
- Happening once in an age or century.
- Continuing over a long period of time.
- (astrophysics, geology) Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.
- Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
- not concerned with or devoted to religion
- of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
- of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows
- characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
- characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
noun
adj
- having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude
- total and all-embracing
- too numerous to be counted
- (of verbs) not having tense, person, or number (as a participle or gerund or infinitive)
- Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.
- (music) Capable of endless repetition; said of certain forms of the canon, also called perpetual fugues, constructed so that their ends lead to their beginnings.
- Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable.
- (with plural noun) Infinitely many.
- (set theory, of a set) Having infinitely many elements.
- (mathematics) Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless.
- (grammar) Not limited by person or number.
noun
num
adj
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- close in relevance or relationship
- confined to specific persons
- crowded
- strictly confined or guarded
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- lacking fresh air
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- marked by fidelity to an original
- used of hair or haircuts
- fitting closely but comfortably
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- giving or spending with reluctance
- (archaic outside certain phrases) Physically narrow or confined.
- At little distance; near in space or time.
- Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
- Carefully done, detailed.
- Accurate; precise.
- (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Tightly restricted in availability.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Attentive; undeviating; strict.
- (in particular) Almost resulting in disaster.
- (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
- Short.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
- Marked, evident.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
noun
- the last section of a communication
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the concluding part of any performance
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A cathedral close.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- An end or conclusion.
- (aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- (music) A double bar marking the end.
- (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- A grapple in wrestling.
adv
verb
- come to a close
- draw near
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- fill or stop up
- come together, as if in an embrace
- become closed
- bar access to
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- engage at close quarters
- bring together all the elements or parts of
- (intransitive) To become denser or more crowded with objects.
- (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- (Philippines, Quebec, Greece, Cyprus) To turn off; to switch off.
- (transitive) To obstruct or block.
- (transitive) To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially sports) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
- (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (intransitive, of a business, market etc.) To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
- (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
- (transitive) To end or conclude.
adj
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- very close in resemblance
- being on the left side
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- closely resembling the genuine article
- giving or spending with reluctance
- Physically close.
- Approximate, almost.
- (British, in relation to a vehicle) On the side nearest to the kerb (the left-hand side if one drives on the left).
- (programming, not comparable) Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
- So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
- Closely connected or related.
- Close in time.
- Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
- Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.
adv
verb
noun
prep
adj
adv
prep
verb
adv
noun
- work done in addition to regular working hours
- playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie
- (uncountable) The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.
- (sports, countable, US) An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.
- (uncountable) Working time outside of one's regular hours.
- A period of time longer than scheduled.
prep_phrase
verb
noun
- time without end
- a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife
- a seemingly endless time interval (waiting)
- (uncountable, philosophy, theology) Existence outside of time.
- (informal, hyperbolic) A comparatively long time.
- (metaphysical) The remainder of time that elapses after death.
- (uncountable) Existence without end, infinite time.
- (countable) A period of time which extends infinitely far into the future.
noun
- time without end
- (countable, mathematics) A number that has an infinite numerical value that cannot be counted.
- (countable, uncountable) The symbol ∞.
- (countable, topology, mathematical analysis) An idealised point which is said to be approached by sequences of values whose magnitudes increase without bound.
- (uncountable) endlessness, unlimitedness, absence of a beginning, end or limits to size.
- (uncountable) A number which is very large compared to some characteristic number. For example, in optics, an object which is much further away than the focal length of a lens is said to be "at infinity", as the distance of the image from the lens varies very little as the distance increases further.
noun
- time passed in a particular bodily form
- the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas etc.
- a new personification of a familiar idea
- An incarnate being or form.
- The state of being incarnated.
- A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like.
- A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
- The act of incarnating.
- An assumption of human form or nature.
- A version or iteration (of something).
noun
- the property of enduring or continuing in time
- the period of time during which something continues
- the act of continuing an activity without interruption
- (countable, law, chiefly US) An order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period.
- The period during which something continues or goes on; duration.
- (uncountable) The action of continuing.
noun
- the property of enduring or continuing in time
- continuance in time
- the period of time during which something continues
- An amount of time or a particular time interval.
- (in the singular, not followed by "of") The time taken for the current situation to end, especially the current war.
- (finance) A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a financial asset to changes in interest rates, computed for a simple bond as a weighted average of the maturities of the interest and principal payments associated with it.
noun
- continuance in time
- a section of something that is long and narrow
- the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place
- size of the gap between two places
- the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end
- (mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
- (horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
- (theater) A unit of script length, comprising 42 lines.
- (bridge) The number of cards held in a particular suit.
- Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
- Duration.
- (cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
- (figuratively) Total extent.
- The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
- (wine) The amount of time for which the taste of wine lingers on the palate after swallowing or spitting it out, measured in caudilies.
- (slang) A penis.
verb
- return in time
- cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- place restrictions on
- (intransitive often with on) To reduce consumption.
- (intransitive with on) To reduce spending.
- (transitive and intransitive with on) To reduce the amount of (something).
- (intransitive, surfing) To perform the cutback maneuver.
- (intransitive often with to) To use a short cut; to move to a location to block someone; to cut someone off
adv
noun
- work done in addition to regular working hours
- playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie
- (uncountable) The rate of pay, usually higher, for work done outside of or in addition to regular hours.
- (sports, countable, US) An extra period of play when a contest has a tie score at the end of regulation.
- (uncountable) Working time outside of one's regular hours.
- A period of time longer than scheduled.
prep_phrase
verb
adj
- unaffected by time
- of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date
- having no known beginning and presumably no end
- not bearing a date
- Without a start; immemorial
- Having no date—a meeting with a lover or potential lover.
- Without a date imprinted, assigned, or associated.
- Out of one's head; deranged.
- (British, dialect, slang) Thick-headed.
- Timeless; immortal
adj
- Unchanged through time or space; permanent.
- uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
- Consistently recurring over time; persistent.
- (computing, complexity theory) Bounded above by a constant.
- Firm; solid; not fluid.
- Steady in purpose, action, feeling, etc.
- unvarying in nature
- steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection
noun
- That which is permanent or invariable.
- (sciences) Any property of an experiment, determined numerically, that does not change under given circumstances.
- (computing) An identifier that is bound to an invariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability of source code.
- (algebra) A quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion or operation.
- a quantity that does not vary
- a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context
adj
- separate or apart in time
- located far away spatially
- remote in manner
- separated in space or coming from or going to a distance
- far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship
- (television, not comparable) Imported into a cable television system from a different market (and thus possibly incurring a copyright royalty).
- Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.
- Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
adj
noun
- a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance
- (computing) A source control repository hosted on a remote machine, rather than locally.
- (broadcasting) An element of broadcast programming originating away from the station's or show's control room.
- Ellipsis of remote control.
verb
adj
- continuing in time or space without interruption
- of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity
- Without intervening space; continued.
- (grammar) Expressing an ongoing action or state.
- (mathematics, more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).
- (botany) Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
- Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
- (mathematical analysis, of a function) Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.
adj
noun
adj
- not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly
- subdued or brought low in condition or status
- (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded
- physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
- thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
- out of working order (‘busted’ is an informal substitute for ‘broken’)
- imperfectly spoken or written
- tamed or trained to obey
- topographically very uneven
- lacking a part or parts
- weakened and infirm
- discontinuous
- destroyed financially
- (of land) Uneven.
- (of a melody) Having periods of silence scattered throughout; not regularly continuous.
- (of a promise, etc) Breached; violated; not kept.
- (of a person) Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.
- (meteorology, of the sky) Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.
- (sports, video games, of a tactic or option) Overpowered; overly powerful; giving a player too much power.
- (of an electronic connection) Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.
- (of skin) Split or ruptured.
- (of language) Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being produced by a non-native speaker.
- Having no money; bankrupt, broke.
- (of sleep) Interrupted; not continuous.
- Non-functional; not functioning properly.
- (colloquial, US, of a situation) Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.
- (of a line) Dashed; made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
- Fragmented; in separate pieces.
- (informal) Badly designed or implemented.
- (of a bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.
verb
adj
- Of or relating to time as distinguished from space.
- (euphemistic) Lasting for a short time only.
- (grammar) Relating to or denoting time or tense.
- (relational) Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clerical.
- Of limited time, transient, passing, not perpetual, as opposed to eternal.
- Of or relating to the sequence of time or to a particular time.
- (anatomy, relational) Of or situated in the temples of the head or the sides of the skull behind the orbits.
- of or relating to or limited by time
- of this earth or world
- characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
- not eternal
- of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)
noun
- (zootomy) Any of a reptile's scales on the side of the head between the parietal and supralabial scales, and behind the postocular scales.
- (chiefly in the plural) Anything temporal or secular; a temporality.
- (anatomy) Ellipsis of temporal bone.
- the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb
adj
- (atomic physics) Unperturbed over time.
- Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
- (Christianity) Not bound by the vows of a religious order.
- (literary) Centuries-old, ancient.
- Happening once in an age or century.
- Continuing over a long period of time.
- (astrophysics, geology) Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion or magnetic field.
- Not specifically religious; lay or civil, as opposed to clerical.
- not concerned with or devoted to religion
- of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations
- of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows
- characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world
- characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
noun
adj
- having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude
- total and all-embracing
- too numerous to be counted
- (of verbs) not having tense, person, or number (as a participle or gerund or infinitive)
- Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.
- (music) Capable of endless repetition; said of certain forms of the canon, also called perpetual fugues, constructed so that their ends lead to their beginnings.
- Boundless, endless, without end or limits; innumerable.
- (with plural noun) Infinitely many.
- (set theory, of a set) Having infinitely many elements.
- (mathematics) Greater than any positive quantity or magnitude; limitless.
- (grammar) Not limited by person or number.
noun
num
adj
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- close in relevance or relationship
- confined to specific persons
- crowded
- strictly confined or guarded
- at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
- lacking fresh air
- inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
- (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
- of textiles
- marked by fidelity to an original
- used of hair or haircuts
- fitting closely but comfortably
- rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
- giving or spending with reluctance
- (archaic outside certain phrases) Physically narrow or confined.
- At little distance; near in space or time.
- Intimate or immediate in personal relationship.
- Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; almost exactly matching.
- Carefully done, detailed.
- Accurate; precise.
- (Ireland, UK, weather) Hot, humid, with no wind.
- Tight, with little space separating components or elements.
- (linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
- Strictly confined; carefully guarded.
- Tightly restricted in availability.
- Almost, but not quite (getting to an answer, goal, or other state); near.
- (law) Of a corporation or other business entity, closely held.
- Attentive; undeviating; strict.
- (in particular) Almost resulting in disaster.
- (heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture.
- Short.
- Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.
- Involving a tight connection; involving frequent communication, shared or cooperative activity, etc.
- Marked, evident.
- Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact or nearly so.
noun
- the last section of a communication
- the temporal end; the concluding time
- the concluding part of any performance
- (chiefly British) A street that ends in a dead end.
- A cathedral close.
- (music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
- An end or conclusion.
- (aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
- (Scotland) The common staircase in a tenement.
- (music) A double bar marking the end.
- (sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
- (Scotland) A very narrow alley between two buildings, often overhung by one of the buildings above the ground floor.
- (law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not enclosed
- A grapple in wrestling.
adv
verb
- come to a close
- draw near
- change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
- be priced or listed when trading stops
- unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
- cease to operate or cause to cease operating
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
- complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
- cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
- fill or stop up
- come together, as if in an embrace
- become closed
- bar access to
- finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
- finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
- engage at close quarters
- bring together all the elements or parts of
- (intransitive) To become denser or more crowded with objects.
- (intransitive) To finish; to come to an end.
- To grapple; to engage in close combat.
- (ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.
- (Philippines, Quebec, Greece, Cyprus) To turn off; to switch off.
- (transitive) To obstruct or block.
- (transitive) To perform as the final act at (a show etc.).
- (transitive) To put out of use or operation.
- (transitive, baseball, pitching) To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- (transitive, intransitive, especially sports) To angle (a club, bat or other hitting implement) downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
- (intransitive) To cease operation or cease to be available.
- (transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.
- (transitive, intransitive, engineering, gas and liquid flow, of valve or damper) To move to a position preventing fluid from flowing.
- (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
- (figuratively, transitive, intransitive) To make or become unreceptive.
- (ergative, marketing) To conclude (a sale).
- (intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.
- (ergative, computing) To terminate an application, window, file or database connection, etc.
- (intransitive, of a business, market etc.) To cease trading for the day, or permanently.
- (transitive, finance) To cancel or reverse (a trading position).
- (chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
- (transitive) To end or conclude.
adj
- not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
- very close in resemblance
- being on the left side
- with or in a close or intimate relationship
- closely resembling the genuine article
- giving or spending with reluctance
- Physically close.
- Approximate, almost.
- (British, in relation to a vehicle) On the side nearest to the kerb (the left-hand side if one drives on the left).
- (programming, not comparable) Within the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.
- So as barely to avoid or pass injury or loss; close; narrow.
- Closely connected or related.
- Close in time.
- Close to one's interests, affection, etc.; intimate; dear.
- Close to anything followed or imitated; not free, loose, or rambling.