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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024clo•sure /ˈkloʊʒɚ/USA pronunciation n. - the act of closing or the state of being closed: [countable]the closures of several companies.[uncountable]forcing closure of the border.
- a bringing to an end;
conclusion:[uncountable]His writing needs better closure; he doesn't know how to end an essay.
See -clos-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024clo•sure (klō′zhər),USA pronunciation n., v., -sured, -sur•ing. n. - the act of closing;
the state of being closed. - a bringing to an end;
conclusion. - something that closes or shuts.
- Buildingcloser (def. 2).
- Architecturean architectural screen or parapet, esp. one standing free between columns or piers.
- Phoneticsan occlusion of the vocal tract as an articulatory feature of a particular speech sound. Cf. constriction (def. 5).
- Government[Parl. Proc.]a cloture.
- Surveyingcompletion of a closed traverse in such a way that the point of origin and the endpoint coincide within an acceptably small margin of error. Cf. error of closure.
- Mathematics
- the property of being closed with respect to a particular operation.
- Mathematicsthe intersection of all closed sets that contain a given set.
- Psychology
- the tendency to see an entire figure even though the picture of it is incomplete, based primarily on the viewer's past experience.
- a sense of psychological certainty or completeness:a need for closure.
- [Obs.]something that encloses or shuts in;
enclosure.
v.t., v.i. - [Parl. Proc.]to cloture.
- Latin clausūra. See close, -ure
- Middle French
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: closure /ˈkləʊʒə/ n - the act of closing or the state of being closed
- an end or conclusion
- something that closes or shuts, such as a cap or seal for a container
- (in a deliberative body) a procedure by which debate may be halted and an immediate vote taken
- chiefly US the resolution of a significant event or relationship in a person's life
- a sense of contentment experienced after such a resolution
vb - (transitive) (in a deliberative body) to end (debate) by closure
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French, from Late Latin clausūra bar, from Latin claudere to close |