Close
Close noun - The last part of a process or action.
Usage example: managed to conduct the negotiations to a satisfactory close
Start
How words are described
good | good close | good start |
high | high close | high start |
full | full close | full start |
nice | nice close | nice start |
Other adjectives: best, brief, fast, proper, actual, real, big, great, quick, final, last, literal. |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Terry Gilliam did this with 12 Monkeys where we start and close with closeups of the protagonist's eyes and watching a young boy.
Source: Once More, with Clarity! - This story is an Ben 10 and Stoked Crossover, to clarify, alternate Season 1 of Stoked; it will start off fairly close to "canon" Season 1, but will gradually start to diverge.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Ben 10 - It is most effective at the beginning of battle, before the fleets close the distance and start engaging each other.
Source: Hyperspeed Escape
Cite this Source
Start and Close. (2016). Retrieved 2023, March 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/start
Close & Start. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 Mar. 2023. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/start>.
Start or Close. 2016. Accessed March 31, 2023. https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/start.
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