closest

A2 · Elementary

adj. the people you love or know the best, like family or best friends.

adj. denoting the highest degree of emotional intimacy or familial connection.

“She only invited her closest friends and family to the small wedding.”

“Even his closest advisors were kept in the dark about the CEO's sudden decision to resign before the merger was finalised.”

B1 · Intermediate

adj. the thing that is almost exactly like something else.

adj. representing the highest degree of similarity or correspondence to a target or original.

“This paint is the closest match we can find to the original colour.”

“The linguist argued that this particular dialect represents the closest living relative to the extinct language of the region.”