CLOSEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does closest mean? 

• CLOSEST (adverb)
  The adverb CLOSEST has 1 sense:

1. (superlative of 'near' or 'close') within the shortest distance

  Familiarity information: CLOSEST used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOSEST (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(superlative of 'near' or 'close') within the shortest distance

Synonyms:

closest; nearest; nighest

Context example:

that was the time he came nearest to death

Domain usage:

superlative (an exaggerated expression (usually of praise))

 Context examples 

The section of the tube-like structure carrying bile that is closest to the intestine and furthest from the hepatic and cystic ducts.

(Distal Common Bile Duct, NCI Thesaurus)

The time of closest approach with the gas-giant world was 6:44 a.m. PDT (9:44 a.m. EDT, 13:44 UTC) when Juno passed about 2,600 miles (4,200 kilometers) above Jupiter's swirling clouds.

(Juno Successfully Completes Jupiter Flyby, NASA)

The part of the urethra closest to the outside of the body.

(Distal urethra, NCI Dictionary)

A rare cancer that forms in the part of the urethra that is closest to the outside of the body.

(Distal urethral cancer, NCI Dictionary)

Juno reached perijove (the point at which an orbit comes closest to Jupiter's center) on July 10 at 6:55 p.m. PDT (9:55 p.m. EDT).

(NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Spots Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

The tough outer layer of tissue that covers and protects the brain and spinal cord and is closest to the skull.

(Dura mater, NCI Dictionary)

At the time of closest approach, 2014 RC will be approximately one-tenth the distance from the center of Earth to the moon, or about 40,000 kilometers.

(Small Asteroid to Safely Pass Close to Earth Sunday, NASA)

One third of the tube-like structure carrying bile that is closest to the intestine and furthest from the hepatic and cystic ducts.

(Distal 1/3 of the Common Bile Duct, NCI Thesaurus)

The group of muscles in the torso that are closest to the spine and furthest from the skin such as the psoas muscle and the quadratus lumborum.

(Deep Abdominal Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

A disease in which malignant (cancer) cells are found in the part of the urethra (the tube through which urine leaves the body) that is closest to the outside of the body.

(Anterior urethral cancer, NCI Dictionary)