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/kloʊz/

意味: 終わり、接近

例文: Momo sensed the close of treat time approaching.
　　  モモが「おやつ終了の気配」を察知した。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: close friend(親しい友人), close attention(注意深い注目), close proximity(近接)

定義: 近くにある、または距離が短いことを意味します。物理的に近い場合や、関係が親しい場合に使われます。また、何かを終わらせる、または閉じるという意味もあります。

closeは約4,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the temporal end; the concluding time
Noun: the last section of a communication
Noun: the concluding part of any performance
Verb: move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut
Verb: become closed
Verb: cease to operate or cause to cease operating
Verb: finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.)
Verb: come to a close
Verb: complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement
Verb: be priced or listed when trading stops
Verb: engage at close quarters
Verb: cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop
Verb: change one’s body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact
Verb: come together, as if in an embrace
Verb: draw near
Verb: bring together all the elements or parts of
Verb: bar access to
Verb: fill or stop up
Verb: unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of
Verb: finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead
Adjective: at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other
Adjective: close in relevance or relationship
Adjective: not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
Adjective: rigorously attentive; strict and thorough
Adjective: marked by fidelity to an original
Adjective: (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched
Adjective: crowded
Adjective: lacking fresh air
Adjective: of textiles
Adjective: strictly confined or guarded
Adjective: confined to specific persons
Adjective: fitting closely but comfortably
Adjective: used of hair or haircuts
Adjective: giving or spending with reluctance
Adjective: inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
Adverb: near in time or place or relationship
Adverb: in an attentive manner

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Please close the door quietly.(静かにドアを閉めてください。)
We live close to the park.(私たちは公園の近くに住んでいます。)
The two friends grew close over time.(その二人の友達は時間とともに親しくなった。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell
Noun: the market was up at the finish
Noun: they were playing better at the close of the season
Noun: in conclusion I want to say…
Verb: Close the door
Verb: shut the window
Verb: The windows closed with a loud bang
Verb: The owners decided to move and to close the factory
Verb: My business closes every night at 8 P.M.
Verb: close up the shop
Verb: The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board
Verb: The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin
Verb: We closed on the house on Friday
Verb: They closed the deal on the building
Verb: The stock market closed high this Friday
Verb: My new stocks closed at $59 last night
Verb: close with the enemy
Verb: Her arms closed around her long lost relative
Verb: The probe closed with the space station
Verb: Management closed ranks
Verb: Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours
Verb: Can you close the cracks with caulking?
Verb: close the circuit
Verb: close a wound
Verb: close a book
Verb: close up an umbrella
Verb: The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning
Adjective: close to noon
Adjective: how close are we to town?
Adjective: a close formation of ships
Adjective: a close family
Adjective: we are all…in close sympathy with…
Adjective: close kin
Adjective: a close resemblance
Adjective: near neighbors
Adjective: in the near future
Adjective: they are near equals
Adjective: his nearest approach to success
Adjective: a very near thing
Adjective: a near hit by the bomb
Adjective: she was near tears
Adjective: she was close to tears
Adjective: had a close call
Adjective: close supervision
Adjective: paid close attention
Adjective: a close study
Adjective: kept a close watch on expenditures
Adjective: a close translation
Adjective: a faithful copy of the portrait
Adjective: a faithful rendering of the observed facts
Adjective: a close contest
Adjective: a close election
Adjective: a tight game
Adjective: close quarters
Adjective: a dusty airless attic
Adjective: the dreadfully close atmosphere
Adjective: hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke
Adjective: a close weave
Adjective: smooth percale with a very tight weave
Adjective: kept under close custody
Adjective: a close secret
Adjective: a close fit
Adjective: a close military haircut
Adjective: our cheeseparing administration
Adjective: very close (or near) with his money
Adjective: a penny-pinching miserly old man
Adjective: although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it
Adverb: as the wedding day drew near
Adverb: stood near the door
Adverb: don’t shoot until they come near
Adverb: getting near to the true explanation
Adverb: her mother is always near
Adverb: The end draws nigh
Adverb: the bullet didn’t come close
Adverb: don’t get too close to the fire
Adverb: he remained close on his guard

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): airless, cheeseparing, close, close down, close up, close-fitting, closelipped, closely, closemouthed, closing, closing curtain, come together, conclude, conclusion, confining, end, ending, faithful, fill up, finale, finis, finish, fold, last, near, nigh, penny-pinching, secretive, shut, shut down, skinny, snug, stopping point, stuffy, tight, tightlipped, unaired

Antonyms(反意語): distant, far, open

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): approach, barricade, change state, complete, end, fill, finish, join, move, prosecute, section, trade

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abort, above, acidify, adjourn, alkalize, anastomose, ankylose, arouse, article, assemble, assume, ax, be born, bear down on, beat, become, better, bob, boil, bolt, book, break, bridge, brush, buck, burn, bustle, calcify, calm, cant, canto, carbonize, careen, carnify, carry through, catalyze, cease, chapter, chondrify, chop, churn, citrate, climb, close, close out, close up, closure, clot, cloud over, cog, coke, come to, commit, complete, conceive, concentrate, conclude, conclusion, connect, cool, crash, cross-fertilize, culminate, curdle, cut, cut out, cut to, dance, death, decide, denitrify, development, die, discontinue, disengage, dissolve, diverge, dodge, dress, drive up, drop back, duck, edge in, emaciate, emancipate, empty, emulsify, episode, equilibrate, erupt, esterify, etherify, exit, explode, exposition, fag end, fair, fall, falter, fidget, fill, finale, finalize, finish, flex, flinch, fling, flip, flow, fluctuate, flurry, fly, follow through, freeze, frenchify, gain, get down, get into, get through, get worse, go out, grab, gravitate, heat, heave, hit the dirt, homogenize, hop, hop on, insert, integrate, interrupt, introduction, ionize, jerk, jolt, jump, lapse, last gasp, lead, lift, ligate, linger, liquefy, list, lunge, lurch, make way, match, mezuzah, mill, miter, mope, mortice, move back and forth, move involuntarily, move over, narration, nod, obbligato, open, ossify, overgrow, pass away, passage, period, phase out, ply, politick, precipitate, pulsate, push, putter, quicken, rabbet, reach, react, rebate, recapitulation, reciprocate, reduce, relax, roll, round out, run, run low, run out, scarf, seam, secularize, see through, seesaw, separate, shake, shut off, sidle, slip, snap, solvate, sorb, sour, sovietize, sports section, spot, spread, stamp out, startle, steal, stir, stopping point, streak, stretch, strike out, stub out, stumble, sura, sweep, swoop, teeter, tense, termination, terminus ad quem, thicken, thin, thrive, thrombose, throw, thunder, top, turn, turn out, vanish, vibrate, wake up, wallow, wamble, whirl, wobble, worsen, writhe, year-end, zonk out

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): adjourn, anticlimax, bung, coapt, draw, epilogue, finale, peroration, plug, roll up, seal, shutter, slam, slat, snap

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: close, closedown, closeness, closer, closing, closure, end, faithfulness, finish, nearness, penny-pinching, secrete, secretiveness, shutdown, shutter, shutting, stuffiness

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: technology

Usage Category: literary

Usage Context: business, conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検3級

TOEIC600

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: