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    closure
    /ˈkləʊʒə/

    noun

    • 1. an act or process of closing something, especially an institution, thoroughfare, or frontier, or of being closed: "hospitals that face closure"
    • 2. (in a legislative assembly) a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote: "a closure motion"

    verb

    • 1. apply the closure to (a debate or speaker) in a legislative assembly.

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  2. the feeling or act of bringing something bad to an end: a sense of closure.

  3. The meaning of CLOSURE is an act of closing : the condition of being closed. How to use closure in a sentence.

  4. 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.

  5. Closure is the end or the closing down of something. It can be physical — like the closure of your local library — or emotional, like the closure you experience when you finally come to terms with the end of a romance.

  6. noun. /ˈkləʊʒə (r)/ /ˈkləʊʒər/ [countable, uncountable] the situation when a factory, school, hospital, etc. shuts permanently. factory closures. The hospital has been threatened with closure. Spending cuts could mean the closure of the village school. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Want to learn more?

  7. the feeling or act of bringing something bad to an end: a sense of closure.

  8. 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: sought closure in returning to the scene of the accident. 4. See cloture.

  9. The closure of a road or border is the blocking of it in order to prevent people from using it. Overnight storms left many streets underwater and forced the closure of road tunnels in the city.

  10. CLOSURE definition: 1. the time when a business, organization, etc stops operating for ever: 2. the feeling that a sad…. Learn more.

  11. Noun. Verb. Filter. noun. closures. The act of closing or the state of being closed. Closure of an incision. American Heritage. Similar definitions. A bringing to an end; a conclusion. Finally brought the project to closure. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Something that closes or shuts. American Heritage. Similar definitions.