Köpek ölüme yakındır.
- The dog is close to death.
Biz istasyona yakın yaşarız.
- We live close to the station.
It rained for close to forty days and forty nights.
The project is close to finished.
The chair was close to the window.
... number of children per woman, per lifetime was very close to five. Today, the average ...
... Today, humans number close to seven billion. ...