Preposition
- Close, near, nearby: in proximity (to).
- With a noun-phrase complement.
- She lives close by us.
- With no explicit complement.
- There isn't any good source of water close by.
- With the preposition to introducing a noun-phrase complement.
- He waited close by to the store.
- Preceding and modifying a noun.
- The close-by family members tried to help.
- With a noun-phrase complement.
