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Verb
/klōz/,
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closed, past tense; closed, past participle; closing, present participle; closes, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Move or cause to move so as to cover an opening
    • - she jumped into the train just as the doors were closing
    • - they had to close the window because of the insects
  2. Block up (a hole or opening)
    • - glass doors close off the living room from the hall
    • - Stephen closed his ears to the sound
  3. Bring two parts of (something) together so as to block its opening or bring it into a folded state
    • - Loretta closed her mouth
    • - Ron closed the book
  4. Gradually get nearer to someone or something
    • - they plotted a large group of aircraft about 130 miles away and closing fast
  5. Come into contact with (something) so as to encircle and hold it
    • - my fist closed around the weapon
  6. Make (an electric circuit) continuous
    • - this will cause a relay to operate and close the circuit
  7. Bring or come to an end
    • - the members were thanked for attending, and the meeting was closed
    • - the concert closed with “Silent Night”
    • - the closing stages of the election campaign
  8. (of a business, organization, or institution) Cease to be in operation or accessible to the public, either permanently or at the end of a working day or other period of time
    • - the factory is to close with the loss of 150 jobs
    • - the country has been closed to outsiders for almost 50 years
  9. Finish speaking or writing
    • - we close with a point about truth
    • - Nellie's closing words
  10. Bring (a business transaction) to a satisfactory conclusion
    • - he closed a deal with a metal dealer
  11. Remove all the funds from (a bank account) and cease to use it

  12. Make (a data file) inaccessible after use, so that it is securely stored until required again

  1. final or ending; "the closing stages of the election"; "the closing weeks of the year"; "the closing scene of the film"; "closing remarks"
  2. shutting: the act of closing something
  3. conclusion: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."
  4. approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision"
  5. closure: termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center"
  6. completion: a concluding action
  7. A closing argument, summation, or summing up is the concluding statement of each party's counsel (often called an attorney in the United States) reiterating the important arguments for the trier of fact, often the jury, in a court case. ...
  8. In mathematical morphology, the closing of a set (binary image) A by a structuring element B is the erosion of the dilation of that set,
  9. Finalizing (also spelled finalising) an optical disc is the process of writing out support data such as DVD menus, directory data, and the like to an optical disc in order to make it playable on a system other than the one it was recorded on. ...
  10. Closing (or settlement) is the final step in executing a real estate transaction.
  11. Closing is a sales term which refers to the process of making a sale. The sales sense springs from real estate, where closing is the final step of a transaction. ...
  12. (CLOSE) The claustrum, which is suspected to be present in all mammals, is a fairly thin (fraction of 1 mm to multiple mms) vertical curved sheet of subcortical gray matter oriented sagittally between the white matter tracts of the external capsule and extreme capsule. ...
  13. The end or conclusion of something; The final procedure in a house sale when documents are signed and recorded; Coming after all others
  14. (closed) Sealed, made inaccessible or impassable; not open; Not operating or conducting trade; Non public (as in closed source); Having an open complement; Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it; Lacking a free variable
  15. (clost) Eye dialect spelling of close
  16. (Close) part of the sales process where the deal is ending.
  17. (Close) As in not-far. [See Slider]
  18. (Close) Refers to a declaration by the batting team of a closure to an innings or  the end of the days play.
  19. (Close) a piece of land enclosed within hedges, fences or walls.
  20. (Close (US)) Final odds on a horse (e.g. "closed at 5 to 1"). Confusingly equates to "Starting Price" in the UK.
  21. (Close) Sending a merchant’s completed transactions to the host for processing. (See also “Settlement”)
  22. (Close) The price of the last transaction of a security on a particular trading day.
  23. (Close) Finalise a deal or sale.
  24. (Close) Wings folded against the body of a bird.
  25. (Close) to remove a window from the screen