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Closing   /klˈoʊzɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Close  v. t.  (past & past part. closed; pres. part. closing)  
1.
To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.
2.
To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; often used with up.
3.
To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction. "One frugal supper did our studies close."
4.
To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine. "The depth closed me round about." "But now thou dost thyself immure and close In some one corner of a feeble heart."
A closed sea, a sea within the jurisdiction of some particular nation, which controls its navigation.


Close  v. i.  
1.
To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated. "What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?"
2.
To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock.
3.
To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight. "They boldly closed in a hand-to-hand contest."
To close on or To close upon, to come to a mutual agreement; to agree on or join in. "Would induce France and Holland to close upon some measures between them to our disadvantage."
To close with.
(a)
To accede to; to consent or agree to; as, to close with the terms proposed.
(b)
To make an agreement with.
To close with the land (Naut.), to approach the land.


adjective
closing  adj.  Final or ending; terminal; as, the closing stages of the election; the closing weeks of the year; the closing scene of the film; closing remarks. Opposite of opening. (Narrower terms: year-end)


noun
closing  n.  
1.
The act of closing something.
Synonyms: shutting.
2.
The last section of a communication.
Synonyms: conclusion, close, ending.
3.
Termination of operations.
Synonyms: closure, closedown, shutdown.
4.
A concluding action.
Synonyms: completion, culmination, windup, mop up.
5.
(Commerce) The final action in a commercial transaction, especially the meeting between buyer and seller (and in some cases mortgagee), or their representatives, in a transaction for sale of real estate in which all documents are signed and all procedures carried out to complete the sale; called also real estate closing.





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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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