Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

close together

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.11 in modern English

Syllables: close -to-geth-er
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Near each other in time or space.

Example Sentences

"All three parallel valleys of the Llynvi, Garw and Ogmore are much the same in physical character: the lower reaches are wooded and not unattractive, but as the railway climbs on ever-steepening grades, the hills on either hand grow barer and closer together, while in all respects the scene becomes more sombre, with the terraced, slate-roofed colliery towns and the road, railway and river all struggling for space in the narrowing defiles."

Inflected Forms

closer together (comparative) closest together (superlative)

Synonyms

approximate

Questions

What does close together mean?: Near each other in time or space.

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