See close in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "general"
},
{
"word": "loose"
}
],
"categories": [
"Attributive modifiers"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Keep a close eye on the money."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A close look, watch, or eye means careful attention."
],
"raw_tags": [
"usually before a noun"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "careful"
},
{
"word": "detailed"
}
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "easy"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "One or two points can win or lose a close race ."
},
{
"text": "The winner earned 13.8 percent of the vote, but she was a close second (13.5 percent)."
}
],
"glosses": [
"In a close game/race/competition, etc., the difference between the scores/times/abilities, etc is small."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "tight"
},
{
"word": "difficult"
}
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "safe"
},
{
"word": "easy"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Wow, that was close. She almost saw us."
},
{
"text": "Thirty years ago this week, our country had a very close call."
}
],
"glosses": [
"If something was close, something bad/dangerous/embarrassing, etc. almost happened."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "klōz"
},
{
"ipa": "/kloʊz/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"sampa": "/kloUz/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"homophones": [
"clothes"
],
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kləʊz/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"sampa": "/kl@Uz/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-close-verb.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-uk-close.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
}
],
"word": "close"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "close",
"tags": [
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "closes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
"name": "noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "open"
},
{
"word": "start"
},
{
"word": "beginning"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I will be surprised if the company is still running by close of business tomorrow."
},
{
"text": "The book was written around the close of the 14th century."
},
{
"text": "As our first week came to a close, we were getting very tired."
}
],
"glosses": [
"The close of something is the end."
],
"raw_tags": [
"usually singular"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "end"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "klōz"
},
{
"ipa": "/kloʊz/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"sampa": "/kloUz/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"homophones": [
"clothes"
],
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kləʊz/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"sampa": "/kl@Uz/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-close-verb.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-uk-close.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
}
],
"word": "close"
}
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