close on in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for close on in the English»Spanish Dictionary

Translations for close on in the English»Spanish Dictionary (Go to Spanish»English)

Translations for close on in the Spanish»English Dictionary (Go to English»Spanish)

Translations for close on in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.close1 <closer, closest> [Am kloʊs, Brit kləʊs] ADJ

II.close1 <closer, closest> [Am kloʊs, Brit kləʊs] ADV

1.1. close (in position):

I.close2 [Am kloʊz, Brit kləʊz] N

II.close2 [Am kloʊz, Brit kləʊz] VB trans

III.close2 [Am kloʊz, Brit kləʊz] VB intr

I.on [Am ɑn, ɔn, Brit ɒn] PREP on often appears as the second element of certain verb structures in English (count on, lay on, sign on, etc). For translations, see the relevant verb entry (count, lay, sign, etc).

II.on [Am ɑn, ɔn, Brit ɒn] ADV

III.on [Am ɑn, ɔn, Brit ɒn] ADJ

See also put on, have on, go on, come on, bring on

I.put on VB [Am pʊt -, Brit pʊt -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.put on VB [Am pʊt -, Brit pʊt -] (v + o + adv)

I.have on VB [Am hæv, həv, (ə)v -, Brit hav -] (v + o + adv, v + o + prep + o) (put on)

II.have on VB [Am hæv, həv, (ə)v -, Brit hav -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o) (be wearing)

III.have on VB [Am hæv, həv, (ə)v -, Brit hav -] (v + o + adv) Brit

IV.have on VB [Am hæv, həv, (ə)v -, Brit hav -] (v + o + adv)

I.go on VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + adv)

3. go on (last, continue):

to go on -ing
¡venga! Spain
¡venga ya! Spain

II.go on VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + prep + o)

come on VB [Am kəm -, Brit kʌm -] (v + adv)

I.bring on VB [Am brɪŋ -, Brit brɪŋ -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

II.bring on VB [Am brɪŋ -, Brit brɪŋ -] (v + o + prep + o) (cause to befall)

close on in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for close on in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.close1 [kləʊs, Am kloʊs] ADJ

II.close1 [kləʊs, Am kloʊs] ADV

I.close2 [kləʊz, Am kloʊz] N

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
At the end of twelfth century the hair was shaven close on the top of the head and fell in long curls behind.
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For close on half a century this man was allowed to philosophise unhindered on the streets of his hometown.
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The producer thought his director was coming in too close on the actors, that the close-ups decreased the nostalgia by obscuring the period backgrounds.
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They need to stop goals, keep close on the scoreboard and maximise their scoring opportunities.
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Intimate communication is both expressed (e.g. talking) and implied (e.g. friends sitting close on a park bench in silence).
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Such bending would make the gripper easier to close on successive attempts, while the grippers with springs that did not bend would remain constant.
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Note that in order for the ray to close on itself, the input column matrix has to equal the output column.
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But as she would rush out, the doors would begin to close on her.
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The long impulse causes a time switch to close a local circuit, which will not close on the short impulses.
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The bilayers become flexible, and the sheets spontaneously close on themselves to form unilamellar vesicles.
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