closure (ˈkləʊʒə
)
Definitions
noun
- 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 See also cloture , guillotine , gag rule
- mainly US
- the resolution of a significant event or relationship in a person's life
- a sense of contentment experienced after such a resolution
- geology the vertical distance between the crest of an anticline and the lowest contour that surrounds it
- phonetics the obstruction of the breath stream at some point along the vocal tract, such as the complete occlusion preliminary to the articulation of a stop
- logic
- the closed sentence formed from a given open sentence by prefixing universal or existential quantifiers to bind all its free variables
- the process of forming such a closed sentence
- mathematics
- the smallest closed set containing a given set
- the operation of forming such a set
- psychology the tendency, first noted by Gestalt psychologists, to see an incomplete figure like a circle with a gap in it as more complete than it is
verb
- (tr) (in a deliberative body) to end (debate) by closure
Word Origin
C14: from Old French, from Late Latin clausūra bar, from Latin claudere to closeTranslations
- British English:
closure
The closure of a business or factory is the permanent shutting of it.They are protesting against the closure of the main post office.ˈkləʊʒə NOUN They are protesting against the closure of the main post office.
- Spanish:
cierre
nm
- French:
fermeture
nf
- German:
Schließung
nf
- Chinese: 关闭 n
- Arabic: إِغْلَاق n
- Portuguese: encerramento nm
- Russian: закрытие nnt
- Croatian: zatvaranje nf
- Czech: zavírání nnt
- Danish: lukning nutr
- Dutch: sluiting nf
- Finnish: sulkeminen n
- Greek: κλείσιμο nnt
- Italian: chiusura nf
- Japanese: 閉鎖 n
- Korean: 종결 n
- Norwegian: avslutning nm
- Polish: zamknięcie nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: fechamento nm
- European Spanish:
cierre
nm
- Swedish: avslutning nutr
- Thai: การปิด n
- Turkish: kapanış n
- Vietnamese: sự đóng kín n
Usage examples
Their role was not to seek an Old Testament vengeance, but rather to give some kind of closure to those left behind.
, THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)Next she'll call looking for closure , a fancy term for asking questions she doesn't want answered.
Maxim (2005)Local Labour councillor Mr Kevin Humphreys also called for the plant's closure.
Irish Times (2002)There was anger as workers left the plant after being told of the closure at a mass meeting.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Discussions as to how the closure was to be handled were particularly sensitive in the light of the need to reduce the deficit.
, A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945 (2003)