close-knit

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close-knit

(klōs′nĭt′)

adj.

Held tightly together, as by social or cultural ties: a close-knit family.

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close-knit

(ˌkləʊsˈnɪt)

adj

closely united, esp by social ties

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close′-knit′

(kloʊs)

adj.

tightly united or connected.

[1925–30]

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Adj.

close-knit - held together as by social or cultural ties; "a close-knit family"; "close-knit little villages"; "the group was closely knit"

closely knit

close - close in relevance or relationship; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance"

Translations

close-knit

[ˈkləʊsnɪt] ADJ [family] → muy unido

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close-knit

[ˌkləʊsˈnɪt] adj (community, group, family) → molto unito/a

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Thorough unity, either in the whole or in the separate stories so loosely woven together, could not be expected; in continual reading the long succession of similar combat after combat and the constant repetition of stereotyped phrases become monotonous for a present-day reader; and it must be confessed that Malory has little of the modern literary craftsman's power of close-knit style or proportion and emphasis in details.

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"That points to another requisite for a close-knit team such as ours - discretion," says Preston.