Meaning

6 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The state of being close (all senses).

    close or warm friendship

  2. (uncountable, usually)The state of being friends.

  3. (uncountable, usually)The state of being mean or stingy.

  4. (uncountable, usually)The state of being secretive.

  5. (uncountable, usually)The shortest path between two vertices in a graph.

    Nähe

  6. (archaic, uncountable, usually)Solitude, seclusion.

    уедине́ниеujedinénije

Examples

12 sentences
  1. We were feeling an incredible closeness.

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  2. He finds joy in our closeness.

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  3. This couple is the very picture of closeness.

    deDieses Pärchen ist geradezu die Versinnbildlichung von Nähe.

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  4. I don't fear the closeness between different peoples.

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  5. The closeness of their relationship was too much for him and his busy schedule.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
solitude, seclusion:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
The shortest path between two vertices in a graph:

Forms

plural: closenesses
Singularcloseness

uncountable

Synonyms

14 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words
Relatedclose

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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