closen

C3L1O1S1E1N1
UK/ˈkləʊsən/US/ˈkloʊsən/

verb

To make or become close.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

verbclosen (third-person singular simple present closens, present participle closening, simple past and past participle closened)

present singular third person closens · participle present closening · participle past closened · past closened

  1. ambitransitiveTo make or become close.

    Warner Bros. was unusual in not closening its ties with Wall Street during the early 1930s.

    2004, James Chapman, Cinemas of the World: Film and Society from 1895 to the Present
    2 more examples

    As for George I, the failure of his effort to closen with the Czar through Norris's intermediation brought the king-elector, at least in Genzel's view, to think in terms of ‘ein grossen europäischen Abwehrfront’, which would have owed more than a little to Bernstorff's own ‘Project’.

    2009, David Denis Aldridge, Admiral Sir John Norris and the British Naval Expeditions to the Baltic Sea 1715-1727

    Since her mother had moved their relationship with each other had closened, as if they had become the side of the family that was flawed and her father and Dara were Mr and Miss Perfect.

    2010, Peter James, Twilight

Origin

Translations

Esperanto proksimigi
  • proksimigitransitive
Polish bliżyć, bliżyć się
  • bliżyćtransitive
  • bliżyć sięintransitive

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APA

closen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/closen

MLA

“closen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/closen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “closen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/closen.

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