Parts 1 and 2 covered marijuanaâs brain mechanism and seven short term effects. Now weâll explore marijuana's long term effects on the brain. Even if you werenât familiar with the brain mechanisms, the short term effects were probably familiar to most readers. The long-term effects, however, are probably less known and certainly more contentious.
A: Well, the phrase âin close proximityâ isnât very graceful (weâd prefer ânearâ or âclose toâ), but we donât consider it redundant, as weâll explain. The Oxford English Dictionary defines âproximityâ as ânearnessâ or âthe fact, condition, or position of being near or close by in space.â. So theoretically the noun âproximityâ should need no help from an adjective like âclose.â. But theory is one thing and fact is another. In reality, there are degrees of nearness, so itâs reasonable to indicate how near with the use of an adjective like âclose,â âcloser,â or âclosest.â.
These children are standing very close to each other. The definition of close is near or almost. 1  An example of close is a house that is only one street away from the community pool. 2  An example of close is losing the game by only one point.lose-Computer Definition. (1) To finish reading or writing a document. The close function typically saves any changes made to the document and releases the file so it can be used by another application. Contrast with open. (2) To exit an application. Contrast with launch.