English-Polish translations for close to

• prawie
  Obecnie ta proporcja wynosi 40%, a Komisji prawie udało się uzyskać zielone światło dla rolnictwa. Now the figure is 40% and the Commission came close to giving agriculture the green light.
  Ten kraj ma prawie 1500 km wspólnej granicy z Afganistanem i leży w pobliżu doliny Swat w Pakistanie. This is a country which shares a nearly 1 500 km border with Afghanistan, and which lies close to the Swat Valley in Pakistan.
  Pan Mervyn King, prezes Banku Anglii, oświadczył wczoraj wieczorem, że w Wielkiej Brytanii pożyczki państwa na rzecz banków wynoszą prawie 1 bilion GBP. Last night, Mr Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, indicated that UK lending to the banks was close to GBP 1 trillion.

Definition of close to

• Approximately
• Nearly; almost

Examples

• It lasted close to an hour
• It rained for close to forty days and forty nights
• The project is close to finished
• The chair was close to the window

Related words

• close stool
• close to home
• close to one's heart
• close to the ground
• next to, close to
• fly too close to the sun
• keep one's cards close to one's chest
• sail close to the wind
• source close to the matter