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• comparative of close.

closer

¹ American  

[kloh-zer] / ˈkloʊ zər /

noun

1. a person or thing that closes.

   a door with a mechanical closer.

2. a person or thing that concludes.

   The piece would be a great closer for a concert.

3. Baseball. a relief pitcher brought in toward the end of the game to hold the team’s lead.

4. a person who brings something, especially a business deal, to a successful conclusion.

   a car salesman known as one of the best closers.

5. 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.

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closer ² American  

[kloh-ser] / ˈkloʊ sər /

adjective

1. comparative of close.

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Etymology

Origin of closer

First recorded in 1600–1620; close, -er ¹

Example Sentences

More people were making other adjustments, like taking trips closer to home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026

By contrast, the stadium at the highest altitude in professional English football is West Bromwich Albion's The Hawthorns, which at 551ft is 14 times closer to sea level than the Azteca.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

Together, these improvements help us measure the Hubble constant more precisely than ever before using gravitational waves, bringing us closer to understanding one of modern physics' most important open questions.

From Science Daily • Jul. 2, 2026

If the administration imposes a new rule closer to the election, Logan said his office is ready to follow the law.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

Up Reisterstown the houses grow closer and closer together until they transition from freestanding homes to row houses, and then from row houses three windows wide to just two.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Related Words

• climax
• conclusion
• denouement