Closer - English meaning

verb

(of a building or an area of land) be next to or have a common boundary with.

Usage examples:

Gardens abutting great prescott street

Present participle of abut

adjective

Next to or adjoining something else.

Usage examples:

Adjacent rooms

adjective

Very near, or with nothing in between

Usage examples:

They work in adjacent buildings.

adjective

Very near, next to, or touching

Usage examples:

They work in adjacent buildings., they lived in a house adjacent to the railway.

adjective

(of a building, room, or piece of land) next to or joined with.

Usage examples:

I was in an adjoining room and could hear voices

verb

Be next to and joined with (a building, room, or piece of land).

Usage examples:

The dining room adjoins a conservatory

adjective

Near, next to, or touching

Usage examples:

We asked for adjoining rooms.

adjective

Stuffy; not ventilated.

Usage examples:

A dusty, airless basement

adjective

Having little or no air from outside, and having no movement of air

Usage examples:

My hotel room was small, airless, and uncomfortable.

adjective

Used to describe a place where it is difficult to breathe or the air is not fresh

Usage examples:

An airless office, my hotel room was small, airless, and uncomfortable.

preposition

Moving in a constant direction on (a road, path, or any more or less horizontal surface).

Usage examples:

Soon we were driving along a narrow road

adverb

Moving in a constant direction on a road, path, or any more or less horizontal surface.

Usage examples:

He continued to plod along

preposition

From one part of a road, river, etc. to another

Usage examples:

A romantic walk along the beach/river

adjective

Showing great care and perseverance.

Usage examples:

She was assiduous in pointing out every feature

adjective

Showing hard work, care, and attention to detail

Usage examples:

Assiduous research/efforts, an assiduous student, the government has been assiduous in the fight ag…

adjective

Paying close attention to something.

Usage examples:

Never before had she had such an attentive audience

adjective

Listening carefully

Usage examples:

An attentive audience

adjective

If someone is attentive, they are very helpful and take care of you

Usage examples:

Attentive to he was very attentive to her when she was ill., a good teacher is always attentive to …

adjective

Making sure of avoiding potential danger, mishap, or harm; cautious.

Usage examples:

I begged him to be more careful

adjective

Giving a lot of attention to what you are doing so that you do not have an accident, make a mistake, or damage something

Usage examples:

Michael is a very careful worker., after careful consideration of your proposal, i regret to say th…

adjective

Tending to form clots; sticky.

Usage examples:

Claggy mud

adjective

Thick and sticky

Usage examples:

The soil in the garden was thick, claggy clay., the claggy weather in the west will clear to leave …

adjective

Feeling unpleasantly humid (= when the air feels wet and thick)

Usage examples:

The claggy weather in the west will clear to leave drier and brighter conditions.

adjective

Unpleasantly damp and sticky or slimy to touch.

Usage examples:

His skin felt cold and clammy

adjective

Slightly wet and cool, in an unpleasant way

Usage examples:

Her forehead was hot, but her hands were clammy.

adjective

Sticky and slightly wet in an unpleasant way

Usage examples:

My hands felt all clammy., it was a hot, clammy day.

adjective

Wholly directed to one thing; intense.

Usage examples:

A concentrated campaign

verb

Focus all one's attention on a particular object or activity.

Usage examples:

She couldn't concentrate on the film

adjective

Using a lot of effort to succeed at one particular thing

Usage examples:

The company is making a concentrated effort to broaden its market., concentrated orange juice

adjective

Wishing to do one's work or duty well and thoroughly.

Usage examples:

A conscientious man, he took his duties very seriously

adjective

Putting a lot of effort into your work

Usage examples:

A conscientious student

adjective

Having many details or facts; showing attention to detail.

Usage examples:

More detailed information was needed

verb

Give full information about.

Usage examples:

The report details proposals to improve public transport

adjective

Giving a lot of information with many details

Usage examples:

Detailed description a witness gave a detailed description of the man.

adjective

Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one's work or duties.

Usage examples:

After diligent searching, he found a parcel

adjective

Careful and serious in your work, or done in a careful and determined way

Usage examples:

A diligent worker, they made diligent efforts to carry out their programs.

adjective

Careful and using a lot of effort

Usage examples:

A diligent student, diligent about leo is very diligent about his work., diligent in their lawyer w…

adjective

Extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping.

Usage examples:

There was no direct flight that day

adverb

With no one or nothing in between.

Usage examples:

They seem reluctant to deal with me direct

verb

Control the operations of; manage or govern.

Usage examples:

An economic elite directed the nation's affairs

adjective

Directing a great deal of attention, interest, or activity towards a particular aim.

Usage examples:

Darren knows what he wants and he's very focused

verb

Adapt to the prevailing level of light and become able to see clearly.

Usage examples:

Try to focus on a stationary object

adjective

Giving a lot of attention, time, effort, etc. to one particular area of a business, and knowing exactly what you want to achieve

Usage examples:

The chief executive of the company attributes their success to focused marketing., a focused approa…

adjective

(of a room or atmosphere) warm, stuffy, or smoky.

Usage examples:

It was fuggy in the cabin

adjective

Having air that is not pure, especially because of smoke, heat, or having a lot of people in a small space

Usage examples:

Pubs have become a lot less fuggy since smoking was banned., the fuggy atmosphere seemed to stick i…

adjective

Of great weight; difficult to lift or move.

Usage examples:

A heavy and bulky load

noun

A thing, such as a vehicle, that is large or heavy of its kind.

Usage examples:

Meanwhile, he is leading the charge at airport to beef up the runway and expand support facilities …

adverb

Heavily.

Usage examples:

Heavy-laden

adjective

Marked by a relatively high level of water vapour in the atmosphere.

Usage examples:

A hot and humid day

adjective

(of air and weather) containing extremely small drops of water in the air

Usage examples:

New york is very hot and humid in the summer.

adjective

Occurring or done at once; instant.

Usage examples:

The authorities took no immediate action

adjective

Happening or done without delay or very soon after something else

Usage examples:

She made an immediate impact when she arrived to coach the team., emotional outbursts followed in t…

idiom

Approximately

Usage examples:

We're hoping to get somewhere in the neighbourhood of £150,000 for our house.

idiom

Approximately the stated amount

Usage examples:

The price for a house here is in the vicinity of $450,000.

noun

Intention or purpose.

Usage examples:

With alarm she realized his intent

adjective

Determined to do (something).

Usage examples:

The government was intent on achieving greater efficiency

adjective

Having or showing eagerness or enthusiasm.

Usage examples:

A keen gardener

verb

Wail in grief for a dead person.

Usage examples:

The body of johnny was taken by his own people who keened over him

noun

An irish funeral song accompanied by wailing in lamentation for the dead.

adjective

Done according to a systematic or established procedure.

Usage examples:

A methodical approach to the evaluation of computer systems

adjective

Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.

Usage examples:

The designs are hand-glazed with meticulous care

adjective

Giving or showing careful attention to every detail

Usage examples:

A meticulous housekeeper, meticulous research, she meticulously planned every decorating detail.

adjective

Very careful to consider every detail in a process

Usage examples:

Meticulous about sth she was meticulous about keeping her expense receipts properly filed., a combi…

noun

A period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour.

Usage examples:

We waited for twenty minutes

adjective

Extremely small.

Usage examples:

Minute particles

verb

Record (the proceedings of a meeting).

Usage examples:

The secretary shall minute the proceedings of each meeting

adjective

(of the weather) unpleasantly warm and humid.

Usage examples:

It was a hot, very muggy evening

adjective

(of weather) very warm and humid (= containing a lot of very small drops of water in the air)

adverb

At or to a short distance away; nearby.

Usage examples:

A bomb exploded somewhere near

preposition

At or to a short distance away from (a place).

Usage examples:

The car park near the sawmill

adjective

Located a short distance away.

Usage examples:

A large house in the near distance

adjective

Next to or very near another place; adjacent.

Usage examples:

Neighbouring countries

verb

(of a place or object) be situated next to or very near (another).

Usage examples:

The square neighbours the old quarter of the town

adjective

Neighbouring places are next to or near each other

Usage examples:

Neighbouring countries/states, she married a man from the neighbouring village.

adjective

Inflicting harsh and authoritarian treatment.

Usage examples:

An oppressive dictatorship

adjective

Oppressive weather is hot, with a lot of wetness in the air.

adjective

Done with or employing great care and thoroughness.

Usage examples:

Painstaking attention to detail

adjective

(esp. of work) very careful and needing a lot of attention

Usage examples:

It took many months of painstaking research, but he was now ready to write the book.

adjective

Extremely thorough and careful.

Usage examples:

The rigorous testing of consumer products

adjective

Severe or difficult, esp. because at a high level

Usage examples:

Rigorous standards of accuracy, the manhattan district attorney’s office had a pretty rigorous trai…

adjective

Detailed and careful

Usage examples:

I want rigorous financial analysis of the options., the selection process is extremely rigorous., a…

adjective

(of a person or process) careful, thorough, and extremely attentive to details.

Usage examples:

The research has been carried out with scrupulous attention to detail

adjective

Thoroughly scrutinizing, especially in a disconcerting way.

Usage examples:

You have to ask yourselves some searching questions

verb

Try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly.

Usage examples:

I searched among the rocks, but there was nothing

adjective

Intended to discover the hidden truth

Usage examples:

Fran stared hard, her searching gaze trying to get him to admit what he knew.

adjective

Producing, filled with, or clouded with steam.

Usage examples:

A small steamy kitchen

adjective

Filled with steam

Usage examples:

By the time hannah finished her shower, the bathroom was all steamy.

adjective

Tending or designed to stick to things on contact.

Usage examples:

Sticky cakes and pastries

noun

A piece of paper with an adhesive strip on one side, used for leaving messages or reminders.

Usage examples:

Perfect pictures of sunny days, birthday parties and proms, of boyfriends, girlfriends and parents …

adjective

Difficult to deal with or solve

Usage examples:

A sticky situation, a sticky issue, you had better wash your sticky fingers.

adjective

(of heat, air, or a room) very hot and causing difficulties in breathing; suffocating.

Usage examples:

Stifling heat

verb

Make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate.

Usage examples:

Those in the streets were stifled by the fumes

adjective

Extremely hot, with a lack of fresh air

Usage examples:

Summers in virginia have always had stifling humidity.

adjective

(of a place) lacking fresh air or ventilation.

Usage examples:

A stuffy, overcrowded office

adjective

Formal, boring, and not modern

Usage examples:

A stuffy, arrogant man, the office gets so stuffy in the afternoon.

adjective

Causing difficulty in breathing.

Usage examples:

The suffocating heat

verb

Die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe.

Usage examples:

They suffocated in their sleep

adjective

Something that is suffocating makes you feel uncomfortably hot or unable to breathe

Usage examples:

I've got to open the window - it's suffocating in here!, suffocating smoke/fumes, the book tells th…

adjective

(of the air or weather) hot and humid.

Usage examples:

The sultry late summer weather had brought swarms of insects

adjective

(of weather) very hot and humid (= with air that contains very small drops of water)

Usage examples:

It was a sultry night, and i was walking home., a sultry dance

adjective

Complete with regard to every detail; not superficial or partial.

Usage examples:

Planners need a thorough understanding of the subject

adjective

With nothing left out or omitted; complete

Usage examples:

The district attorney’s office conducted a thorough investigation., the doctor gave him a thorough …

adjective

(of a room or space) not provided with fresh air.

Usage examples:

Dark and unventilated cargo holds

adjective

If a space is unventilated, fresh air cannot enter and move around it

Usage examples:

The heat in the unventilated office soon became unbearable.

adjective

Keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties.

Usage examples:

The burglar was spotted by vigilant neighbours

adjective

Being very careful to notice things, esp. signs of danger

Usage examples:

Security personnel need to be more vigilant in checking bags and packages., the vigilance of a moth…

adjective

Watching someone or something closely; alert and vigilant.

Usage examples:

They attended dances under the watchful eye of their father

adjective

Giving careful attention so as to notice what is happening and be prepared for something that might happen

Usage examples:

If you invest heavily in the stock market, you have to stay watchful and be ready to move your mone…

verb

To arrive somewhere

Usage examples:

The storm continues to move west and is expected to reach the east coast of florida tomorrow., the …

verb

To get to a particular high or higher level

Usage examples:

Profits are expected to reach $11.2 billion in the hotel industry next year., reach a record/an all…