Someone or something that closes.
Used in a Sentence
closer
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for closer.
Editorial note
The outside is closer to where you are now, than you might imagine.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
Someone or something that closes.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of closer gathered in one view.
Someone or something that concludes.
The last stone in a horizontal course, if smaller than the others; a piece of brick finishing a course.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for closer.
noun
Someone or something that closes.
noun
Someone or something that concludes.
noun
The last stone in a horizontal course, if smaller than the others; a piece of brick finishing a course.
adverb
Within a shorter distance.
Example sentences
The outside is closer to where you are now, than you might imagine.
The closer two languages are the harder it is not to mess up with details like that.
In my experience, the number of Excel users satisfied with Google's offering is a lot closer to 0% than 99%.
About two weeks later, the exact same thing happened, only closer to the office.
The latest models are getting closer to the ideal of black text on white background and the customer reviews support that improvement.
My work history is closer to business analysis, data analysis, and management.
Facebook and Netflix are certainly closer to applications than they are websites.
Unless homes in Denmark use only 3% of what homes in the US use on average[1], that number should be somewhere closer to 15,000 homes.
I think the ones in Berkeley and Michigan tend to be closer to 30-40 people, but they're still just big houses.
So straight off you have to double the size of your battery to not massively shorten the lifespan, so his costs are already closer to $0.30/Wh.
RPS might have better caching that's closer to me though.
Still I think OP is closer than many other posts here, most of which are about its long decline rather than demise.
Quote examples
"C-family languages" here means C, C++, Objective-C and D -- not any of the "look-like-C-but-have-completely-different-semantics" languages, or Go which is probably closer to proposed C replacement Alef than to C itself.
However, from a Catholic religious perspective, crosses are all the more bearable as one learns to experience them as a means of personal sanctification (closer personal union with Christ crucified) and an opportunity to practice and grow in virtue – "dying to self" more and more so that joyful generosity truly becomes the rule of life.
The "no true scotsman" fallacy would be closer to redefining "Communism" to "Marxist Communism." That's not the case here because this entire thread has been about what Marx himself believed/preached/wrote.
Proper noun examples
Closer to 20, I think, but I've been able to upvote for a really long time.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use closer in a sentence?
The outside is closer to where you are now, than you might imagine.
What does closer mean?
Someone or something that closes.
What part of speech is closer?
closer is commonly used as noun, adverb.