closest
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈkləʊsɪst/
Adjective
  1. superlative form of close.
    • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 4:
      The closest affinities of the Jubulaceae are with the Lejeuneaceae. The two families share in common: (a) elaters usually 1-spiral, trumpet-shaped and fixed to the capsule valves, distally{{...}
Verb
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of close



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