close to

phrase

1

: almost or nearly

They spent close to half a million dollars on the project.

Our company employs close to a thousand workers.

I haven't seen her in close to a year.

2

British : from a short distance : close up

She's even more beautiful when seen close to.

Examples of close to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Its engineers spent close to a year coaxing usable speech from degraded audio. — Jurin Ai Contributor, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Negatives • Downtown Ottawa isn’t particularly close to Kanata, which is a real inconvenience. — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Temperatures will continue to heat up and come very close to some previous records listed at the bottom of the 7-day forecast. — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Still, the investigation into his murder had seemed to grow so cold that even many close to the events of that night believed the case would never be solved, much less prosecuted. — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for close to

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue