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Close Yakın Adverb  /Kləʊs   Yanında Yakınında Samimi Noun

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Kind adverb
Front close 
IPA  /kləʊs   / adverb
Back yanında, yakınında, yakın
yakın, samimi
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close (adverb)

 /kləʊs   / adverb
 
 1 [not before a noun] close (to sb/sth); close (together)
near
yanında, yakınında, yakın
 Is our hotel close to the beach?
 The tables are quite close together.
 The child stood close to his mother.
 to follow close behind someone
 I held her close (sıkıca).
 2 (used about a friend, etc.) known very well and liked
 (arkadaş vb.) yakın
 They invited only close friends to the wedding.
 3 [only before a noun]
near in a family relationship
yakın, samimi
 a close relative
OPPOSITE DISTANT
 4 careful; thorough
dikkatli;
adamakıllı
 On close examination, you could see that the banknote was a forgery.
 5 (used about a competition, etc.) only won by a small amount
başabaş, pek az farkla
 a close match
 note at NEAR1
 6 (used about the weather, etc.) heavy and with little movement of air
 (hava vb.) kapalı, boğucu
 It's so close today that there might be a storm.
IDIOMS
at close quarters
at or from a position that is very near
çok yakından
close by (sb/sth)
at a short distance from sb/sth
yakınlarda;
civarda
 She lives close by.
close/dear/near to sb's heart
having a lot of importance and interest for sb
gönlünün bir parçası
 a subject that is very dear to my heart
close on
nearly; almost
yaklaşık
 He was born close on a hundred years ago.
a close shave/thing
a bad thing that almost happened
kıl payı atlatılmış tehlike
 I wasn't injured, but it was a close shave.
close up (to sb/sth)
at or from a very short distance to sb/sth
yakından
 You can't tell it's a forgery until you look at it close up.
come close (to sth/to doing sth)
to almost do sth
ramak kalmak
 We didn't win but we came close.
 

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