closer proximity

collocation in English

meaningsofcloseandproximity

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close
adjective
uk
/kləʊs/us
/kloʊs/
having direct family connections or shared beliefs, support, ...
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proximity
noun[U]
uk
/prɒkˈsɪm.ə.ti/us
/prɑːkˈsɪm.ə.t̬i/
the state of being near in space ...
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(Definition ofcloseandproximityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Some of the smaller ones may wish to redevelop incloserproximityto an undergraduate hospital and medical school.
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It is proposed, by altering the angle of glide, to bring aircraft into evencloserproximityto the houses.
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Everyone admits that the slum clearance houses must have acloserproximityto public works in the centre of the town than other houses.
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Regrettably, technical progress has made us grow careless, with the result that buildings are ever more frequently erected in evercloserproximityto flood-prone areas.
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I think this must be due to thecloserproximityof polling day and elections.
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Experts do not remove themselves from the crowd by relying on method but set themselves incloserproximityto the public outside the expert enclave.
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Transmission may be easier between housed animals kept at higher densities and hence incloserproximity.
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In residential care, signposting of the toilets to aid confused residents and positioning of toilets incloserproximityto the residents' sitting room are beneficial.
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The correspondence of higher energies with higher frequencies, louder sound withcloserproximity, is common sense.
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More hyperactive children may well come intocloserproximitywith dust containing old paint and therefore evoke a more damaging environment for themselves.
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In rural areas, thecloserproximityof children to their older parents is conducive to more frequent face-to-face contacts.
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These partners tend to be located nearby, sincecloserproximityreduces transport costs and other impediments to trade.
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In residential care, signposting of the toilets to aid confused residents and positioning of toilets incloserproximityto the residents' sitting-room are beneficial.
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The way in which humans related to one another was also transformed as ever growing numbers of people began to live in closer andcloserproximity.
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In other words, the less frequent use of some local features may be far more complex than a simple implication ofcloserproximityto the "standard" variety.
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Words are selected that will lead to increases in the number of words a child produces that are completely correct, or which are incloserproximityto their targets.
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However, it cannot seriously be suggested that existing research councils and other establishments should be physically relocated to put them incloserproximityto universities.
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This applies even more vividly in local elections where there tends to becloserproximitybetween the candidates and the electors.
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The problem is accentuated where urban development has brought the town dweller and the farmer into muchcloserproximity.
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