close affinity

collocation in English

meaningsofcloseandaffinity

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close
adjective
uk
/kləʊs/us
/kloʊs/
having direct family connections or shared beliefs, support, ...
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affinity
noun
uk
/əˈfɪn.ə.ti/us
/əˈfɪn.ə.t̬i/
a liking or sympathy for someone or something, especially because of ...
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(Definition ofcloseandaffinityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofclose affinity

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And here we discern acloseaffinitywith the phenomenological theme of authenticity.
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Various similarity indices indicate acloseaffinityamong these three salmonid species as regards their parasite faunas.
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Travers thus has acloseaffinitywith other scholars who have written of 'dialogues' between rulers and the ruled.
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Those concerned are nurses and midwives and the professions supplementary to medicine with acloseaffinity to nursing and traditional pay links with nurses.
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I now proceed to show how we have a verycloseaffinityin agriculture.
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The townsman has his pet cat or dog, with which he has acloseaffinity.
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The trade of coalmining is one which is carried out all over the world, and there is acloseaffinitybetween all its technical problems.
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There is acloseaffinityin the fee rates for public prosecution and legally aided defence work.
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Neither of these large areas has anycloseaffinitywith a large town or a city.
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That is an instance of an article which appears to have been put in a certain group with which it has not a verycloseaffinity.
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One is also entitled to assume that his character is ideal for this calling, because there is obviously acloseaffinitybetween work in the church and youth work.
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John which has acloseaffinitywith the police service.
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Since interdiscourse privileges certain interpretations, it has acloseaffinityto the concepts of ideology, hegemony and power (sociology).
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Interdiscursivity hascloseaffinityto recontextualisation because interdiscourse often implies that elements are imported from another discourse.
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From an early age he showed talent, painting large oils that demonstrated both technical brilliance and acloseaffinitywith the natural world.
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Because ofcloseaffinityto the sea, seafood is quite popular.
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Used when addressing someone who is ofcloseaffinity(a member of the family, a close friend, a child, a pet).
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Heavy guitars supplemented by more bombastic arrangements for classical instruments have come to dominate the music, showing acloseaffinityto symphonic metal.
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Used when addressing people who are ofcloseaffinity(members of the family, friends, children, pets).
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