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How to pronounce “close”

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Pronunciation guide for close

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of close with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: My Wild Photography Journeyreally close to the animals, which
Definition summary: (physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.

Example 1 of 8

My Wild Photography Journey

really close to the animals, which

[Verb]
(physical) To remove or block an opening, gap or passage through.
To finish.
To make or become non-operational or unavailable for use.
(chiefly figurative) To come or gather around; to enclose.
(surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
[Noun]
An end or conclusion.
The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction.
(sales) The point at the end of a sales pitch when the consumer is asked to buy.
A grapple in wrestling.
(music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.
(music) A double bar marking the end.
(aviation, travel) The time when check-in staff will no longer accept passengers for a flight.
[Adjective]
Having little difference or distance in place, position, or abstractly; see also close to.
Compressed, restricted, constrained, etc.
Rigorous, careful, etc.
Short.
(now rare) Closed, shut.
(linguistics, phonetics, of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.
(heraldry, of a bird) With its wings at its side, closed, held near to its body (typically also statant); (of wings) in this posture. An eagle close.
(dated) Difficult to obtain.
(dated) Parsimonious; stingy.
(obsolete) Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.
(archaic) Concise; to the point.
Marked, evident.(Can we add an example for this sense? )
[Adverb]
In a close manner (limited contexts; more often closely).