close-at-hand

[ klohs-uht-hand ]

adjective

1. lying in the near future or vicinity; nearby or imminent.

Idioms and Phrases

see at hand .

Example Sentences

Throngs of tourists flocking to the Eiffel Tower on a warm, humid afternoon cannot help but notice the 2024 Summer Olympics are close at hand.

From Los Angeles Times

Senior officials starting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stoked their rhetorical threats against Hezbollah, suggesting that a day of reckoning was close at hand.

From New York Times

Pay attention to the botanical display close at hand — you’re in luck.

From Seattle Times

“When an election is close at hand, the rules of the road must be clear and settled,” Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote two years ago in a similar case from Alabama.

From Seattle Times

But, careful: Bears, wolves and eagles lurk on prints, serigraphs and drums close at hand.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• eventual
• forthcoming
• imminent
• impending
• planned
• prospective
• subsequent
• ultimate