closeness
/ˈkləʊsnəs
/noun [mass noun]
1The quality of being only a short distance away or apart in space or time: the geographical closeness of our two countries the translator’s closeness to the original time period...
- The weather is hot because of the country's closeness to the equator.
- Though he approves of the road's closeness to the city center, he expresses concern at the proposed capacity of 50,000.
- Not only was he craving closeness to the beach, he was charmed by the studio's location set in the historic area of trendy Fort Lauderdale.
1.1The state of being narrowly enclosed: the claustrophobic closeness of the living quarters
1.2The quality of having only a small margin between winner and loser: the closeness of the race the scoreline did not reflect the closeness of the contest
2The quality of affection or intimacy in a relationship: moments of closeness with friends and family members
2.1The quality or state of having a strong resemblance or connection: apes are often selected due to their evolutionary closeness to humans
3The quality of being done in an attentive and thorough way: the closeness with which he watched current events...
- The organizer of the festival has some unwelcome news for the superstar, who is known for the closeness with which he watches the purse strings.
- My chief concern was the closeness with which he appeared able to monitor my movements.
- I’ve have found it very pleasant, and I admire his closeness to detail.
- pretendance
- pretendant
- pretended
- pretendedly
- pretendence
- pretender
- pretenderism
- pretendership
- pretendingly
- pretendress
- pretense
- pre-tension
- pretension
- pre-tensioner
- pretensionless
- pretensive
- pretensively
- pretensiveness
- pretentious
- pretentiously
- pretentiousness
- preter-
- pretercanine
- preter-Christian
- pretergeneration