PREPOSITION: "close to" Crossword Clue

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PREPOSITION: "close to" Crossword Answer

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(adjective)
1. with or in a close or intimate relationship
2. not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
(adverb)
1. near in time or place or relationship
2. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
(verb)
1. move towards

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PREPOSITION (noun)
1. a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
2. (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)
CLOSE (verb)
1. cease to operate or cause to cease operating
2. come to a close
CLOSE (adjective)
1. not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
2. of textiles
CLOSE (adverb)
1. near in time or place or relationship
2. in an attentive manner
CLOSE (noun)
1. the last section of a communication
2. the temporal end; the concluding time

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Down

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