closeness

English

Etymology

close +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkləʊs.nəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkloʊs.nəs/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkləʉs.nəs/
• Rhymes: -əʊsnəs

Noun

closeness (usually uncountable, plural closenesses)

1. The state of being close (all senses)
2. The state of being friends
3. The state of being mean or stingy
4. The state of being secretive
5. (mathematics) The shortest path between two vertices in a graph
6. (archaic) Solitude, seclusion
   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

     I thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated / To closeness and the bettering of my mind [...]

Synonyms

• (physical): proximity, nearness
• (friends): intimacy
• (stingy):
• (secretive):

Translations

proximity — see proximity

The state of being friends

• Bulgarian: прия́телство (bg) n (prijátelstvo)
• Finnish: läheisyys (fi)
• Hebrew: קִרְבָה (he) f (qirvá)
• Polish: bliskość (pl) f
• Romanian: prietenie (ro) f

The state of being mean or stingy

• Bulgarian: стиснатост (bg) f (stisnatost)

The state of being secretive

• Bulgarian: потайност (bg) f (potajnost)
• Danish: lukkethed c

solitude, seclusion

• Russian: уедине́ние (ru) n (ujedinénije)

The shortest path between two vertices in a graph

• German: Nähe (de) f