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close - thesaurus entry
- 6connected by shared interests and shared feelings such as love and respect
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Words used to describe relations and relationships: acquainted, arm’s-length, brittle, broken, brotherly, chummy, clannish, close, connected, cosy... more- a.used about relationships
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- 8directly involved with someone and communicating with them a lot, especially as part of your job
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Words used to describe communication: verbal, nonverbal, interactive, communicative, expressive, person-to-person, one-to-one, illocutionary, paralinguistic, one-on-one... more- a.used about activities or relationships
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phrases
a close call
mainly spokenclose, but no cigar
spokenclose to home
too close for comfort
too close to call
derived word
closeness
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