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# closeness

«closeness» in Mova's school dictionary: **being near to something in space or time** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (closeness, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Closeness is being near to something in space or time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closeness/#m1)

2) Closeness is a strong, warm friendship or love between people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closeness/#m2)

3) Closeness can also mean that the air in a room is warm and stuffy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closeness/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories closeness describes a strong bond between family members or friends. In science and maths it can describe how near two things or numbers are. Phrases: the closeness of a family, the closeness of the race, closeness between friends.

### examples

- The closeness of the two sisters was lovely to see. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closeness/#x1)
- Because of the closeness of the shops, we walked there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closeness/#x2)
- The closeness of the score made the game exciting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closeness/#x3)
- Their closeness grew as they shared a tent at camp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closeness/#x4)
- The closeness of the room made me sleepy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closeness/#x5)
- Dogs show closeness by staying next to their owners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closeness/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: no «a», no plural. Here «close» is said with a soft s: KLOHS-ness, from «close» meaning near, not «close» meaning shut (KLOHZ).

### In the corpora

- [Friendly teasing, like a nickname you both enjoy, can be a sign of closeness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/203-jokes-and-teasing/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «closeness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closeness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.