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closest

/ˈkləʊ.sɪst/ UK
/ˈkloʊ.sɪst/ US

adjective

superlative superlative form of close: most close. In sober seriousness, there is more poetry than truth in the sweet poem of Allan Cunningham—the Town and Country Child: witness the cheerful voices of the rosy faces to be met with in the smallest street and closest alley in London;...

verb

archaic, indicative, present, second person, singular second-person singular simple present indicative of close

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: nearest, nighest, akin, best, biggest, dearest, earliest, finest, greatest, immediate, keenest, kin, largest, most, narrowest, near

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@misc{closest_2026,
  title = {closest},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/closest},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}