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

To power him through such feats, Bishop fuels himself with a diet that climbs close to 8,000 calories a day, split over eight meals. — Rob Tanner, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

That’s close to the average rent of $1,581 for a one-bedroom market-rate apartment, according to CoStar figures shared by the bureau. — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

That's also close to a low of 33% in a Reuters poll released last month. — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

This was close to giving us a straight out of a nature documentary look at what would happen if an alligator and a black bear ever went at it in the wild. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for close to

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