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Meanings of closeness in English

Portuguese
parcimónia
Catalan
mesquinesa

Extreme stinginess.

      parcimónia
      Portuguese
      intimidade
      Catalan
      intimitat
      Spanish
      intimidad

      Close or warm friendship.

            intimidade
            Portuguese
            proximidade
            Catalan
            rodalies
            Spanish
            cercanía

            The spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance.

                proximidade
                Catalan
                reserva
                Spanish
                reserva

                Characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes)

                    reserva
                    Usage of closeness in English
                    1
                    But that very closeness has given rise to new dangers, he said.
                    The Irish Times
                    2
                    It shows a new closeness forming between BBC news and the public.
                    The Guardian
                    3
                    Of course the closeness of small towns can provide healing moments too.
                    News.com.au
                    4
                    What about her dangerous closeness to Lord Melbourne, her first Prime Minister?
                    The Irish Times
                    5
                    Others look dimly on Blanco's closeness to free-trade deals outside the WTO.
                    Reuters
                    6
                    The Rebels in our front and flank pressed us with equal closeness.
                    Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons
                    7
                    The secret of a special kind of closeness and love and courage.
                    Fine things
                    8
                    Just living with someone can create a surfeit of closeness and transparency.
                    You say tomato, I say shut up
                    9
                    After the closeness of the loft, the clean wet air was delicious.
                    The Little Nugget
                    10
                    The damp and closeness of the place are too much for you.
                    Donal Grant
                    11
                    She would get away from the din and closeness of the town.
                    Allison Bain; Or, By a Way She Knew Not
                    12
                    He was obliged to guide her through the closeness of the undergrowth.
                    Robin
                    13
                    Like Friendster, Cyworld lets users create networks based on degrees of closeness.
                    Wired
                    14
                    Now and then she would shift against him, seeking a different closeness.
                    Armageddon's Children
                    15
                    This new closeness was awkward and strange, but she clung to it.
                    Sister of the dead
                    16
                    The warmth and closeness-theywere the things to remember-andhis father's trust.
                    East of eden
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                    Translations for closeness
                    Closeness through the time
                    Closeness across language varieties
                    United States of America
                    Common
                    Ireland
                    Common
                    United Kingdom
                    Common