CLOSE TOGETHER

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does close together mean? 

• CLOSE TOGETHER (adjective)
  The adjective CLOSE TOGETHER has 1 sense:

1. located close together

  Familiarity information: CLOSE TOGETHER used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOSE TOGETHER (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Located close together

Synonyms:

approximate; close together

Context example:

approximate leaves grow together but are not united

Similar:

close (at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other)

 Context examples 

Using an experimental dune ‘racetrack’, the researchers observed that two identical dunes start out close together, but over time they get further and further apart.

(Sand dunes can ‘communicate’ with each other, University of Cambridge)

The rover's current location, where multiple types of rocks are exposed close together, is called "the Kimberley."

(NASA Mars Orbiter Spies Rover Near Martian Butte, NASA)

Others may have many attacks close together over several days.

(Meniere's Disease, NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)

“Three shots were fired on this side. I saw the three flashes—two close together—one farther to the west.”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

He stood with his feet close together, his knees bent outwards, ready for a dash inwards or a spring out.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They stood with their heads close together, talking in low, confidential tones.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There is no occasion to put them so very close together.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

She was obliged to step over the bodies of the sleepers, who were lying close together, and every moment she was filled with renewed dread lest she should awaken them.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

We all kept somehow close together, with Van Helsing slightly in front as he led the way.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Ah, we were very close together in that moment.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)