close at hand
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.07 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
phrase
Near spatially or temporally.
Example Sentences
- "As I writer, I always keep a dictionary close at hand."
- "The time to board the plane was close at hand."
- "The sea, of which a distant glimpse has been caught at Saundersfoot, is now close at hand, and the view extends to the cliffs at Giltar Point and the bold outlines of Caldy Island, a mile or so off shore."