clo·sure (kl  zh r)n. 1. The act of closing or the state of being closed: closure of an incision. 2. Something that closes or shuts. 3. a. A bringing to an end; a conclusion: finally brought the project to closure. b. A feeling of finality or resolution, especially after a traumatic experience. 4. See cloture. 5. The property of being mathematically closed. tr.v. clo·sured, clo·sur·ing, clo·sures To cloture (a debate). [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin claus  ra, fortress, lock, from clausus, enclosed; see close. Sense 4, translation of French clôture.] |
closure [ˈkləʊʒə]
n
1. the act of closing or the state of being closed
2. an end or conclusion
3. something that closes or shuts, such as a cap or seal for a container
4. (Law / Parliamentary Procedure) (in a deliberative body) a procedure by which debate may be halted and an immediate vote taken See also cloture, guillotine, gag rule
5. Chiefly US
a. the resolution of a significant event or relationship in a person's life
b. a sense of contentment experienced after such a resolution
6. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) Geology the vertical distance between the crest of an anticline and the lowest contour that surrounds it
7. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) 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
8. (Philosophy / Logic) Logic
a. the closed sentence formed from a given open sentence by prefixing universal or existential quantifiers to bind all its free variables
b. the process of forming such a closed sentence
9. (Mathematics) Maths
a. the smallest closed set containing a given set
b. the operation of forming such a set
10. (Psychology) Psychol 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
vb
(Law / Parliamentary Procedure) (tr) (in a deliberative body) to end (debate) by closure
[from Old French, from Late Latin clausūra bar, from Latin claudere to close]
In transportation, the process of a unit arriving at a specified location. It begins when the first element arrives at a designated location, e.g., port of entry and/or port of departure, intermediate stops, or final destination, and ends when the last element does likewise. For the purposes of studies and command post exercises, a unit is considered essentially closed after 95 percent of its movement requirements for personnel and equipment are completed.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | closure - 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" coming, approach, approaching - the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" |
| 2. | closure - a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order, order - a body of rules followed by an assembly closure by compartment, guillotine - closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill | |
| 3. | closure - a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization - a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization | |
| 4. | closure - something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure" deciding, decision making - the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making" | |
| 5. | closure - an obstruction in a pipe or tube; "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe" breech closer, breechblock - a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing impedimenta, obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment - any structure that makes progress difficult vapor lock, vapour lock - a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor) | |
| 6. | closure - the act of blocking obstruction - the act of obstructing; "obstruction of justice" implosion - the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant | |
| 7. | closure - termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center" plant closing - act of shutting down operation of a plant bank closing - act of closing down a bank because of a fiscal emergency or failure layoff - the act of laying off an employee or a work force | |
| Verb | 1. | closure - terminate debate by calling for a vote; "debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion" |
closure
noun closing, end, finish, conclusion, stoppage, termination, cessation the closure of the Ravenscraig steelworks
Translations
closure [ˈkləʊʒəʳ] N
1. (= close-down) → cierre m
2. (= end) → fin m, conclusión f
3. (Parl) → clausura f
closure [ˈkləʊʒər] n
(= closing) → fermeture f
(psychological) to get closure on sth, to achieve closure on sth → tourner la page sur qch
closure
n
(= act of closing) → Schließung f; (of road) → Sperrung f; (of wound, incision) → Schließen nt; (of factory, mine etc also) → Stilllegung f
n closure [ˈkləuʒə]
an act of closing the closure of a factory. sluiting إغلاق، إقْفال затваряне (u)zavření nedlukning die Stillegung (οριστικό) κλείσιμο cierre sulgemine بستن sulkeminen fermeture סְגִירָה समापन zatvaranje bezárás penutupan lokun chiusura 閉鎖 폐쇄 uždarymas slēgšana penutupan sluiting stenging, lukking zamknięcie encerramento închidere закрытие uzavretie zaprtje zatvaranje stängning การยุติ kapa(n)ma 關閉 закриття بند کرنے کا عمل sự đóng kín; sự bế mạc 关闭
closure → إغلاق zavírání lukning Schließung κλείσιμο cierre sulkeminen fermeture zatvaranje chiusura 閉鎖 종결 sluiting avslutning zamknięcie encerramento, fechamento закрытие avslutning การปิด kapanış sự đóng kín 关闭
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