Close to and Like

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Close to

Close to adverb - (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.
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Like and close to are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Like" instead the phrase "Close to" as an adjective or an adverb.

Like

Like adverb - To some degree or extent.
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Close to and like are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close to" instead the word "Like" as an adjective or an adverb.
Nearby Words: likely, likeness, liking, liked, likeable

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  • Series / Stranger Things The body of "Will" found at the quarry is almost life-like and close to the real deal, enough to pass off as a real body at first glance; remarkable work from the scrubs at the Hawkins facility, considering they had less than a day to prepare it.
    Source: Series / Stranger Things
  • Eino is really close to a Czech interjection "ejhle", which means "lo and behold", while Leino sounds exactly like "lejno", and that is a word for excrement.
    Source: In My Language, That Sounds Like...
  • Lives closer to Detroit than he'd like and not as close to Ann Arbor as he'd like.
    Source: Just For Fun / Where Are You From?
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