closer

English Online Dictionary. What means closer‎? What does closer mean?

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkləʊ.sə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkloʊ.sɚ/
• Rhymes: -əʊsə(ɹ), (General American) -oʊsə(ɹ)

Adjective

closer

1. comparative form of close: more close
2. Within a shorter distance.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English closere, equivalent to close (verb) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkləʊ.zɚ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkloʊ.zɚ/
• Rhymes: -əʊzə(ɹ), (General American) -oʊzə(ɹ)

Noun

closer (plural closers)

1. Someone or something that closes.

2. Someone or something that concludes.

3. (sales) Synonym of close (“the point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy”)
4. The last stone in a horizontal course, if smaller than the others; a piece of brick finishing a course.
5. (baseball) A relief pitcher who specializes in getting the last three outs of the game.

6. (horse racing) A horse that performs best toward the end of a race.

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Anagrams

• Cloers, Clores, Corles, ceorls, cresol, escrol, sclero-