How Do You Spell CLOSE IN?

Pronunciation: [klˈə͡ʊs ˈɪn] (IPA)

The spelling of "close in" can be confusing due to its homophony with "clothes" and "closing." The word "close" in this context means to enclose or surround, such as a close-in porch or close-in neighborhood. The phonetic transcription in IPA for "close in" is /kloʊs ɪn/. The first sound is a voiced velar fricative /ɡ/, followed by a mid-back rounded vowel /oʊ/, and ending with an unvoiced alveolar fricative /s/ and a short vowel /ɪ/ in "in."

CLOSE IN Meaning and Definition

1. The phrase "close in" can be understood as a verb or a phrasal verb, depending on the context.

   As a verb, "close in" refers to the act of approaching or moving towards something or someone, typically indicating a narrow distance away or a diminishing space between the subject and the object. It suggests a progressive decreasing of the gap, enclosure, or proximity. For example, a predator might close in on its prey, signifying an imminent attack. Similarly, a person may close in on an opportunity or goal, implying that they are getting closer to achieving it.

   As a phrasal verb, "close in" typically refers to an encroachment or restriction that limits or constricts. It signifies the narrowing of possibilities, movements, or freedom. For instance, dense fog may close in on a city, severely reducing visibility and confining its residents to stay indoors. In a figurative sense, individuals might feel that external pressures or circumstances are closing in on them, leaving them with limited choices or feeling trapped.

   Overall, the term "close in" denotes an approach, encroachment, or restriction either physically or metaphorically, suggesting a diminishing distance, narrowing possibilities, or limiting freedom.

Common Misspellings for CLOSE IN

• xlose in
• vlose in
• flose in
• dlose in
• ckose in
• cpose in
• coose in
• clise in
• clkse in
• cllse in
• clpse in
• cl0se in
• cl9se in
• cloae in
• cloze in
• cloxe in
• clode in
• cloee in
• clowe in
• closein

Etymology of CLOSE IN

The phrase "close in" can have multiple meanings depending on the context. It would be helpful to know the specific context in which you are asking about the etymology to provide a more precise explanation. "Close in" can refer to concluding or completing a task, shutting something off, drawing near in proximity, enclosing or surrounding an area, or other possible interpretations.

Idioms with the word CLOSE IN

• close in for the kill The idiom "close in for the kill" typically refers to a predatory or aggressive action whereby someone or something is closing in on a target or opponent with the intention of achieving victory or success. It signifies an intense pursuit or aggressive approach towards achieving a final outcome or accomplishing a goal.
• close in on (one) The idiom "close in on" means to approach or move closer to someone or something, often with the intention of capturing or confronting them. It can also imply gradually reducing the options or possibilities available to someone, making escape or avoidance more difficult.
• close in The idiom "close in" means to advance or move closer, either physically or metaphorically. It can also refer to an encroaching feeling of confinement or narrowing down of options.

Similar spelling words for CLOSE IN

• Clusia Rosea,
• Class Hirudinea,
• Class Hepaticopsida,
• close together,
• class action,
• Class Angiospermae,
• Class Cestoda,
• Hugo Claus,
• Millefiore glass,
• Claes Oldenberg,
• loosen,
• life class,
• frosted glass,
• Class Ginkgopsida,
• Class Hyalospongiae,
• Ron Glass,
• Class Gnetopsida,
• astatic coils,
• calcii iodidum,
• middle class,
• crown glass,
• looking glass,
• Class Aves,
• Class Plectomycetes,
• Clusia Major,
• come close,
• subordinate clause,
• Class Gasteromycetes,
• Class Pauropoda,
• Class Myriapoda,
• Gall’s craniology,
• Tarsius Glis,
• draw close,
• Galeazzo Ciano,
• Class Cephalopoda,
• Class Hexapoda,
• first class,
• close shave,
• class war,
• Class Eumycetes,
• laminated glass,
• Gill's table,
• closed-class word,
• freshman class,
• Class Cryptophyceae,
• Cooley's Anemia,
• Class Dicotyledones,
• Class Chlorophyceae,
• hand glass,
• close support,
• hold close,
• Class Echinoidea,
• Class Filicopsida,
• Coleus Aromaticus,
• Claes Oldenburg,
• Class Gymnospermae,
• cinchonina calisaya,
• Class Chondrichthyes,
• classen,
• pericarditis callosa,
• glass snake,
• glossy skin,
• Class Switchings,
• Class Psilopsida,
• Class Turbellaria,
• third class,
• immigrant class,
• glass fiber,
• Vaclav Klaus,
• close order,
• the galleys,
• Class Charophyceae,
• chemistry class,
• Class Scaphopoda,
• calcii salicylas,
• Class Osteichthyes,
• quartz glass,
• Class Monocotyledonae,
• drinking glass,
• clue in,
• senior class,
• object glass,
• cloze procedure,
• Class Oligochaeta,
• piedmont glacier,
• restrictive clause,
• Michael Giles,
• Class Diatomophyceae,
• cheval glass,
• Class Zygomycetes,
• Class Tardigrada,
• first-class mail,
• Class Ascidiaceae,
• central callus,
• substitution class,
• Class Amphibia,
• Supremacy clause,
• mercedes-benz cls-class,
• Class Acrasiomycetes,
• temporary callus,
• Rem Koolhaas,
• LT CLASS,
• Goll's tract,
• brandy glass,
• bell glass,
• Kelly's speculum,
• continental glacier,
• Class Chrysophyceae,
• Class day,
• alpine glacier,
• soluble glass,
• close off,
• Class Archiannelida,
• close,
• class period,
• Corpora callosa,
• Caesalpinia Gilliesii,
• Doug Giles,
• Class Equisetatae,
• close to,
• Class Psilotatae,
• Closson,
• GOALS II,
• Carter Glass,
• nonrestrictive clause,
• Class Thaliacea,
• gloss paint,
• working class,
• Class Polyplacophora,
• Class Monocotyledones,
• shot glass,
• Class Hepaticae,
• lookin glass,
• Classing,
• Class Tentaculata,
• Class Reptilia,
• Class Asteroidea,
• losing,
• Class Crinoidea,
• master class,
• cloze test,
• gloss over,
• Class Cyanophyceae,
• enabling clause,
• Class Chytridiomycetes,
• Class Euglenophyceae,
• Silicone Gels,
• wire glass,
• close season,
• close out,
• Glass Fibre,
• closing,
• sheet glass,
• conscience clause,
• independent clause,
• biology class,
• tiffany glass,
• Gilles Duceppe,
• stained-glass window,
• close down,
• field glass,
• Goll's column,
• jeweler's glass,
• form class,
• Gentiana Clausa,
• Class Gasteropoda,
• Scomber Colias,
• coles tissue,
• sophomore class,
• Class Switching,
• Coleus Blumei,
• clioquinol,
• Class Coniferopsida,
• colza oil,
• Chuck Close,
• glossy snake,
• calcii henzoas,
• Class Taxopsida,
• Class Arachnida,
• smoked glass,
• reserve clause,
• class struggle,
• window glass,
• Class Magnoliopsida,
• hour-glass contraction,
• CLS DET,
• milk glass,
• coordinate clause,
• Class Musci,
• glass lizard,
• Genus Clusia,
• Prism glass,
• calcii iodas,
• lower class,
• Class Myxomycetes,
• optical glass,
• glass wool,
• class cyanobacteria,
• volcanic glass,
• f. glass,
• English Class,
• Class Insecta,
• age class,
• opal glass,
• ground glass,
• close corporation,
• close-up,
• cut glass,
• wine glass,
• Sharon Gless,
• Class Nuda,
• John Cleese,
• Blanket clause,
• Class Heterokontae,
• calcii santonas,
• descriptive clause,
• looking-glass plant,
• calcii boras,
• social class,
• closet,
• severability clause,
• Klaus Kinkel,
• tracheal gills,
• glosso-kinaesthetic area,
• Klaus Schulze,
• glacier lily,
• Class Basidiomycetes,
• Class Sphenopsida,
• Genus Glis,
• Class Hymenomycetes,
• Class Larvacea,
• class act,
• Kelsey Grammer,
• Glass metal,
• Class Filicinae,
• gallows humor,
• Class Gastromycetes,
• glossy gloss,
• second class,
• Gley's cells,
• Maria Callas,
• clause clause,
• lead glass,
• Cooley's Anaemia,
• cover glass,
• club class,
• Muscovy glass,
• calcii carbidum,
• Gull's disease,
• Class Cyclosporeae,
• class Ginkgophytina,
• open-class word,
• economy class,
• ensheathing callus,
• shop class,
• Class Deuteromycetes,
• Class Ciliophora,
• close call,
• evening class,
• Klaus Kinski,
• business class,
• Class Polychaeta,
• Japanese Quails,
• closely,
• Class Hemiascomycetes,
• Clusia Insignis,
• calcii sulphis,
• pin callus,
• clasen,
• close upon,
• class Channidae,
• Class Lycopsida,
• Crown Galls,
• Ira Glass,
• Class Flagellata,
• Class Placodermi,
• shatterproof glass,
• Aulus Gellius,
• Pedigree clause,
• liqueur glass,
• 1st class,
• escape clause,
• gallows bird,
• Class Bryopsida,
• Class Sporozoa,
• close up,
• art class,
• coming close,
• Callaway's proof,
• class structure,
• tourist class,
• Class Mastigophora,
• spy glass,
• childbirth-preparation class,
• Class Mammalia,
• polar glacier,
• glassy swelling,
• glass ceiling,
• concessive clause,
• glass eye,
• class hydrozoa,
• Plant Galls,
• Class Lycopodiate,
• callous ulcer,
• close in on,
• dependent clause,
• clashing,
• class Xanthophyceae,
• Glis Glis,
• closes,
• Klaus Fuchs,
• magnifying glass,
• glass, glaze,
• Johnny Giles,
• Kolle's serum,
• Class Bivalvia,
• Gilles Deleuze,
• intermediate callus,
• Gallus Gallus,
• water glass,
• Bony Callus,
• Class Ascomycetes,
• Class Bacillariophyceae,
• Daniel Clowes,
• Class Oomycetes,
• permanent callus,
• Class Crustacea,
• privileged class,
• Genus Gallus,
• beer glass,
• third-class mail,
• main clause,
• glass brick,
• sea gulls,
• Class Phaeophyceae,
• safety glass,
• 1st-class mail,
• definitive callus,
• Coleus Amboinicus,
• Class Actinozoa,
• Class Liliopsida,
• sand glass,
• stained glass,
• clown,
• Class Lamellibranchia,
• highball glass,
• Class Chilopoda,
• Class Rhodophyceae,
• soft glass,
• Class Anthozoa,
• calcii permanganas,
• Mendenhall Glacier,
• pier glass,
• natural glass,
• Philip Glass,
• glass sponge,
• clean,
• arbitration clause,
• clausen,
• Class Pyrenomycetes,
• Class Phasmidia,
• ruling class,
• Clusia Flava,
• watch glass,
• upper class,
• Class Trematoda,
• closing off,
• close-order drill,
• cousin,
• Class Ciliata,
• Kidney Calice,
• Bone Glues,
• venetian glass,
• Poinciana Gilliesii,
• Class Ulvophyceae,
• Glass maker,
• closeness,
• Class Anthoceropsida,
• Class Lycopodineae,
• Class Schizomycetes,
• Gilles Villeneuve,
• Lady's looking-glass,
• provisional callus,
• glass body,
• w. glass,
• Class Ophiuroidea,
• mercury-in-glass thermometer,
• close vowel,
• class feeling,
• exculpatory clause,
• glass over,
• cabin class,
• Class Sarcodina,
• genus coleus,
• flute glass,
• Class Cycadopsida,
• AIR CLASS,
• escalator clause,
• Santa Claus,
• grandfather clause,
• Close communion,
• clock in,
• class fellow,
• Gelsey Kirkland,
• socio-economic class,
• closed,
• Class Aphasmidia,
• physics class,
• parfait glass,
• Class Pelecypoda,
• Class Onychophora,
• Class Pteridospermopsida,
• reception class,
• flint glass,
• plate glass,
• glaze over,
• class list,
• class warfare,
• Class Holothuroidea,
• Colles Fracture,
• word class,
• Jerry Gillies,
• cinchona calisaya,
• Glenn Close,
• Collis Gastroplasty,
• alcohol-in-glass thermometer,
• Class Diplopoda,
• calcii hippuras,
• glossy magazine,
• Class Pinopsida,
• junior class,
• Class Symphyla,
• close on,
• Calisaya bark,
• Class Tiliomycetes,
• Class Scyphozoa,
• glacier tables,
• closer,
• calcii peroxidum,
• class-action suit,
• glass in,
• graduating class,
• Class Merostomata,
• hour glass,
• calcii saccharas,
• Class Dicotyledonae,
• Class Gastropoda,
• relative clause.

Conjugate verb Close in

CONDITIONAL

I would close in

you would close in

he/she/it would close in

we would close in

they would close in

CONDITIONAL CONTINUOUS

I would be closing in

you would be closing in

he/she/it would be closing in

we would be closing in

they would be closing in

CONDITIONAL PERFECT

I would have close in

you would have close in

he/she/it would have close in

we would have close in

they would have close in

CONDITIONAL PERFECT CONTINUOUS

I would have been closing in

you would have been closing in

he/she/it would have been closing in

we would have been closing in

they would have been closing in

FUTURE

I will close in

you will close in

he/she/it will close in

we will close in

they will close in

FUTURE CONTINUOUS

I will be closing in

you will be closing in

he/she/it will be closing in

we will be closing in

they will be closing in

FUTURE PERFECT

I will have closed in

you will have closed in

he/she/it will have closed in

we will have closed in

they will have closed in

FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS

I will have been closing in

you will have been closing in

he/she/it will have been closing in

we will have been closing in

they will have been closing in

IMPERATIVE

you close in

we let´s close in

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

to close in

PAST

I closed in

you closed in

he/she/it closed in

we closed in

they closed in

PAST CONTINUOUS

I was closing in

you were closing in

he/she/it was closing in

we were closing in

they were closing in

PAST PARTICIPLE

closed in

PAST PERFECT

I had closed in

you had closed in

he/she/it had closed in

we had closed in

they had closed in

PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS

I had been closing in

you had been closing in

he/she/it had been closing in

we had been closing in

they had been closing in

PRESENT

I close in

you close in

he/she/it closes in

we close in

they close in

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

I am closing in

you are closing in

he/she/it is closing in

we are closing in

they are closing in

PRESENT PARTICIPLE

closing in

PRESENT PERFECT

I have closed in

you have closed in

he/she/it has closed in

we have closed in

they have closed in

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

I have been closing in

you have been closing in

he/she/it has been closing in

we have been closing in

they have been closing in