close-run in English

Forms: more close-run [comparative], most close-run [superlative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-adj}} close-run (comparative more close-run, superlative most close-run)

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more close-run",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most close-run",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "close-run (comparative more close-run, superlative most close-run)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We won the election, but it was a close-run thing."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hotly contested; won or achieved only by a small margin."
      ],
      "id": "en-close-run-en-adj-UjjIfnrB",
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "disputado"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "close-run"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more close-run",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most close-run",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "close-run (comparative more close-run, superlative most close-run)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We won the election, but it was a close-run thing."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Hotly contested; won or achieved only by a small margin."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "disputado"
    }
  ],
  "word": "close-run"
}

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"close-run" meaning in English

Adjective