adv
Meaning 1
Approximately.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- It lasted close to an hour.
- It rained for close to forty days and forty nights.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: -ish, about, all but, almost, approaching, around, by and large, circa, close, close to, essentially, for all practical purposes, fornigh, give or take, imprecisely, just about, kind of, loosely, more or less, nearly, near, nearabout, nigh on, odd, or so, plus or minus, roundly, roughly, say, some, -some, sort of, thereabout, virtually, well-nigh, ±
Antonyms: none provided