closeness

«closeness» in Mova's school dictionary: being near to something in space or time — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (closeness, uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Closeness is being near to something in space or time. tree →

2) Closeness is a strong, warm friendship or love between people. tree →

3) Closeness can also mean that the air in a room is warm and stuffy. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories closeness describes a strong bond between family members or friends. In science and maths it can describe how near two things or numbers are. Phrases: the closeness of a family, the closeness of the race, closeness between friends.

examples

• The closeness of the two sisters was lovely to see. tree →
• Because of the closeness of the shops, we walked there. tree →
• The closeness of the score made the game exciting. tree →
• Their closeness grew as they shared a tent at camp. tree →
• The closeness of the room made me sleepy. tree →
• Dogs show closeness by staying next to their owners. tree →

note

Uncountable: no «a», no plural. Here «close» is said with a soft s: KLOHS-ness, from «close» meaning near, not «close» meaning shut (KLOHZ).

In the corpora

• Friendly teasing, like a nickname you both enjoy, can be a sign of closeness.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «closeness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.