adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a close-knit/closely-knit/tightly-knit group (= in which everyone knows each other well and gives each other support )
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The young mothers in the village are a fairly close-knit group.
a close-knit/intimate circle (= a close one )
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His intimate circle was tiny.
a close/close-knit/tight-knit community (= where all the people know each other )
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I live in a close-knit community where there's lots of support.
close/close-knit family (= spending a lot of time together and supporting each other )
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Laura's family are very close.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
community
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Probably, in a close-knit community the negative response of this family has influenced the uptake of the test.
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It was a close-knit community with no ambition to expand its interests and activities.
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It's also the first time that outsiders have been allowed into their close-knit community .
family
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Beyond that, of course, were the compensations of growing up in a large but close-knit family .
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New York is now home to Kissin and his close-knit family , which includes his first and only teacher, Anna Kantor.
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The emphasis was on self-reliance, with the children free to work out their own solutions without a close-knit family environment.
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She is a shy, quiet, religious girl from a small, close-knit family .
group
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It seems that these patterns are maintained by insider knowledge depending on the extent to which speakers belong to relatively close-knit groups .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a close-knit team
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Jess is a quiet, intense kid from a large, close-knit farm family in Washington.
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New York is now home to Kissin and his close-knit family, which includes his first and only teacher, Anna Kantor.
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The areas where neighbours would keep an eye on things were Wester Ross and Speyside, both close-knit farming communities.
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The emphasis was on self-reliance, with the children free to work out their own solutions without a close-knit family environment.
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This might be because Dickens is trying to tell us that society should be close-knit one and not isolated into different units.
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Various versions have been related by the locals of this close-knit and defensive community.
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We have a talented, close-knit team.