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Webster 1913 Edition
Closeness
Close′ness
,Noun.
The state of being close.
Half stifled by the
closeness
of the room. Swift.
We rise not against the piercing judgment of Augustus, nor the extreme caution or
closeness
of Tiberius. Bacon.
Syn. – Narrowness; oppressiveness; strictness; secrecy; compactness; conciseness; nearness; intimacy; tightness; stinginess; literalness.
Webster 1828 Edition
Closeness
CLOSENESS
, n.1.
The state of being shut, pressed together, or united. Hence according to the nature of the thing to which the word is applied.2.
Compactness; solidity; as the closeness of texture in wood or fossils.3.
Narrowness; straitness; as of a place.4.
Tightness in building, or in apartments; firmness of texture in cloth, &c.5.
Want of ventilation; applied to a close room, or to the air confined in it.6.
Confinement or retirement of a person; recluseness; solitude.7.
Reserve in intercourse; secrecy; privacy; caution.8.
Covetousness; penuriousness.9.
Connection; near union; intimacy, whether of friendship, or of interest; as the closeness of friendship, or of alliance.10.
Pressure; urgency; variously applied; as the closeness of an agreement, or of debate; the closeness of a question or inquiry.11.
Adherence to an original; as the closeness of a version.Definition 2024
closeness
closeness
English
Noun
closeness (usually uncountable, plural closenesses)
- The state of being physically close
- The state of being friends
- The state of being mean or stingy
- The state of being secretive
- (mathematics) The shortest path between two vertices in a graph
- (archaic) Solitude, seclusion
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- I thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated / To closeness and the bettering of my mind [...]
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
Synonyms
Translations
proximity — see proximity
The state of being friends
The state of being mean or stingy
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The state of being secretive
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solitude, seclusion
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The shortest path between two vertices in a graph