Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

closest

/ˈkloʊ.sɪst/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables: clos-est
IPA: /ˈkloʊ.sɪst/

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

superlative form of close: most close.

verb

second-person singular simple present indicative of close

Archaic

Example Sentences

"In sober seriousness, there is more poetry than truth in the sweet poem of Allan Cunningham—the Town and Country Child: witness the cheerful voices of the rosy faces to be met with in the smallest street and closest alley in London;..."
"As the rest of the film was made on location in the railway yards of Havre and not in a studio, and was given a sound-track of penetrating vividness, this whole production gives the closest possible ring of truth of any film about railways."
"The closest affinities of the Jubulaceae are with the Lejeuneaceae. The two families share in common: (a) elaters usually 1-spiral, trumpet-shaped and fixed to the capsule valves, distally[…]"

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkloʊ.sɪst/
British English: /ˈkləʊ.sɪst/

Usage

Archaic

Synonyms

nearest nighest

Questions

How do you pronounce closest?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkloʊ.sɪst/.
What does closest mean?: superlative form of close: most close.

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