Closer

/ˈkləʊ.sə/ · adjective

Meaning

comparative form of close: more close.

Definitions by Sense

1. comparative form of close: more close
2. Within a shorter distance.
3. Someone or something that closes.
4. Someone or something that concludes.
5. (sales) Synonym of close (“the point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy”).
6. The last stone in a horizontal course, if smaller than the others; a piece of brick finishing a course.
7. (baseball) A relief pitcher who specializes in getting the last three outs of the game.
8. (horse racing) A horse that performs best toward the end of a race.

Example Sentences

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.

[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, […].

Come closer, my dear.

In our organization, the VP of Sales usually acts as the closer.

The DJ chose a fantastic track as his closer at the end of the night.

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

They brought their closer in for the ninth.

Synonyms for closer

Antonyms for closer

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Word Forms

• closers

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