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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nearly do something
Example:
She came close to quitting her job
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "come close" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Sense 2
Meaning:
Be close or similar
Example:
Her results approximate my own
Synonyms:
approximate; come close
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "come close" is one way to...):
resemble (appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "come close"):
approach; border on (come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something
