- comparative of close.
closer
1 Americannoun
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a person or thing that closes.
a door with a mechanical closer.
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a person or thing that concludes.
The piece would be a great closer for a concert.
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Baseball. a relief pitcher brought in toward the end of the game to hold the team’s lead.
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a person who brings something, especially a business deal, to a successful conclusion.
a car salesman known as one of the best closers.
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Also called closure. Masonry. any of various specially formed or cut bricks for spacing or filling gaps between regular bricks or courses of regular brickwork.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of closer
Example Sentences
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"I didn't want her to feel intimated and, within a few minutes, she popped up onto the window ledge on her side so she could get closer to us."
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
This sharply reduces the energy loss caused by vortex motion and allows researchers to push the superconducting state much closer to its fundamental current limit.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
During that time, Latin America "drew closer to other powers, to China, to the European Union, to Japan," Marta Lagos, director of Latinobarometer, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
If spreads keep accelerating and that stress starts moving from junk bonds into investment-grade credit, that yellow light gets a lot closer to red.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
I step closer, smelling the man’s tobacco, the sweat in his hair.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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