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Closing   /klˈoʊzɪŋ/   Listen
Closing

adjective
1.
Final or ending.  "The closing weeks of the year" , "The closing scene of the film" , "Closing remarks"
noun
1.
The act of closing something.  Synonym: shutting.
2.
The last section of a communication.  Synonyms: close, conclusion, end, ending.
3.
Approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap.  Synonym: closure.
4.
Termination of operations.  Synonyms: closedown, closure, shutdown.
5.
A concluding action.  Synonyms: completion, culmination, mop up, windup.


Close

verb
(past & past part. closed; pres. part. closing)
1.
Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut.  Synonym: shut.  "Shut the window"
2.
Become closed.  Synonym: shut.
3.
Cease to operate or cause to cease operating.  Synonyms: close down, close up, fold, shut down.  "My business closes every night at 8 P.M." , "Close up the shop"
4.
Finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.).
5.
Come to a close.  Synonym: conclude.
6.
Complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement.  "They closed the deal on the building"
7.
Be priced or listed when trading stops.  "My new stocks closed at $59 last night"
8.
Engage at close quarters.
9.
Cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop.
10.
Change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact.
11.
Come together, as if in an embrace.  Synonym: come together.
12.
Draw near.
13.
Bring together all the elements or parts of.
14.
Bar access to.
15.
Fill or stop up.  Synonym: fill up.
16.
Unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of.  Synonym: close up.  "Close a wound" , "Close a book" , "Close up an umbrella"
17.
Finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead.



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"Closing" Quotes from Famous Books



... went—into a large room, but dimly lighted. Santiago followed, closing the door behind ...
— The Broncho Rider Boys with Funston at Vera Cruz - Or, Upholding the Honor of the Stars and Stripes • Frank Fowler
... comrade to an exile's father, all stoic outside, all father within, and to two poor women, an exile's mother and a sister, who were all love and pity and tender anxiety both outside and in. Now would you mind closing this book for a minute and making an effort to realize all this? It will save us so ...
— The Cloister and the Hearth • Charles Reade
... thought so,' said Djama, half closing his eyes and allowing just the ghost of a smile to flit across his lips. 'I thought I knew enough about archaeology and the science of mummies in general to expect you to say that. Now, just for the gratification of my own vanity, I should like ...
— The Romance of Golden Star ... • George Chetwynd Griffith
... (carefully closing the door). I only just wanted to tell you that I don't at all like the way you've been going on. It's not my wish to make complaints, but there ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 25, 1893 • Various
... deadly contest ensued. The English were nearly cut to pieces without quitting their ground. Platoons might, indeed, be seen, composed of forty or fifty men falling beneath the Highlanders, yet they remained firm, closing up their ranks, as fast as an opening was made by the broad-swords of the Highlanders. This remarkable attack was made in person by Lord George Murray, at the head of the Macphersons, whom he ordered to charge. At length the English dragoons were driven from their ...
— Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 - Volume III. • Mrs. Thomson


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