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closer

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[ kloh-zer ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that closes:

    a door with a mechanical closer.

  2. a person or thing that concludes:

    The piece would be a great closer for a concert.

  3. Baseball. a relief pitcher brought in toward the end of the game to hold the team’s lead.
  4. a person who brings something, especially a business deal, to a successful conclusion:

    a car salesman known as one of the best closers.

  5. Also called closure. Masonry. any of various specially formed or cut bricks for spacing or filling gaps between regular bricks or courses of regular brickwork.


closer

2

[ kloh-ser ]

adjective

  1. comparative of close.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of closer1

First recorded in 1600–1620; close, -er 1
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The combination of the shrunken margins put the Lakers’ season a step closer to conclusion, the team now needing to steal a win Sunday in the shortest turnaround in the series.

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Earlier this month conservationists warned that some of the UK's rarest wildlife is being "torched alive" and pushed closer to extinction after weeks of intense grass fires.

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If that's true, it's a sign of how Russia's war in Ukraine has come much closer to home.

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"It has allowed to bring Russian and US positions closer together not just on Ukraine but also on a range of other international issues," he said.

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The more observations it has, the closer it is to the center of the circle.

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