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# closer

adjective (comparative of close: close, closer, closest); adverb (closer); noun (a closer — someone or something that closes, rare)

«closer» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Nearer in distance: «Come closer». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closer/#m1)
2. Nearer in time: «Closer to bedtime». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closer/#m2)
3. More friendly or connected: «They became closer friends». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closer/#m3)
4. More careful or exact: «Take a closer look». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closer/#m4)
5. Nearer to a number or answer: «Your guess was closer». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closer/#m5)

### In the lessons

In maths: estimating — whose answer is closer to the real number; rounding to the closer ten; which number is closer to 50. In science: looking closer with a magnifying glass. In safety: don't go closer to a wild animal, a cliff edge or a fire; stand back. Phrases: come closer, closer to, closer look, get closer, closer and closer, closer than.

### Examples

- Come closer so you can hear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closer/#x1)
- Take a closer look with the magnifying glass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closer/#x2)
- Is 47 closer to 40 or to 50? It's closer to 50. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closer/#x3)
- Don't go any closer to the edge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closer/#x4)
- My guess of 20 was closer than yours. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closer/#x5)
- The storm is getting closer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closer/#x6)
- My cousin and I became closer after the holiday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closer/#x7)
- The stars look closer than they are. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closer/#x8)
- The others came closer to him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closer/#x9)

### Note

Here «close» is said with a soft s: «klohss» (near), so «closer» is «KLOH-ser». The verb «close» (shut) has a z sound. In maths: «closer to 50» means the difference from 50 is smaller (50 − 47 = 3, but 47 − 40 = 7).

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The tradition often reads this proverb as showing that a true loyal friend can be dearer than family, and some say it hints at God as a friend. In the primary lessons: In maths: estimating — whose answer is closer to the real number; rounding to the closer ten; which number is closer to 50. In science: looking closer with a magnifying glass. In safety: don't go closer to a wild animal, a cliff edge or a fire; stand back. Phrases: come closer, closer to, closer look, get closer, closer and closer, closer than.

### Examples

- There are friends that one hath to his own hurt; but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. (Writings PRO.18.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/closer/#x1)

### Note

Here «close» is said with a soft s: «klohss» (near), so «closer» is «KLOH-ser». The verb «close» (shut) has a z sound. In maths: «closer to 50» means the difference from 50 is smaller (50 − 47 = 3, but 47 − 40 = 7).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «closer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/closer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«closer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/closer.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «closer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/closer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«closer» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/closer.html) on Mova free.