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CLOSING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A concluding action
Synonyms:
closing; completion; culmination; mop up; windup
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("closing" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "closing"):
consummation (the act of bringing to completion or fruition)
consummation (the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse)
finish; finishing (the act of finishing)
finalisation; finalization (the act of finalizing)
follow-through (carrying some project or intention to full completion)
follow-through (the act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion)
graduation (the successful completion of a program of study)
Derivation:
close (finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.))
close (come to a close)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Termination of operations
Example:
they regretted the closure of the day care center
Synonyms:
closedown; closing; closure; shutdown
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("closing" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "closing"):
layoff (the act of laying off an employee or a work force)
bank closing (act of closing down a bank because of a fiscal emergency or failure)
plant closing (act of shutting down operation of a plant)
Derivation:
close (cease to operate or cause to cease operating)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
Example:
the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision
Synonyms:
closing; closure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("closing" is a kind of...):
approach; approaching; coming (the act of drawing spatially closer to something)
Derivation:
close (unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of)
close (draw near)
close (engage at close quarters)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The act of closing something
Synonyms:
closing; shutting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("closing" is a kind of...):
motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)
Antonym:
opening (the act of opening something)
Derivation:
close (move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut)
close (become closed)
close (fill or stop up)
close (bar access to)
close (cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The last section of a communication
Example:
in conclusion I want to say...
Synonyms:
close; closing; conclusion; end; ending
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("closing" is a kind of...):
section; subdivision (a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "closing"):
anticlimax; bathos (a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one)
epilog; epilogue (a short passage added at the end of a literary work)
epilog; epilogue (a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play)
peroration ((rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration)
coda; finale (the closing section of a musical composition)
Holonyms ("closing" is a part of...):
narration; recital; yarn (the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events)
address; speech (the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience)
Derivation:
close (come to a close)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Final or ending
Example:
closing remarks
Classified under:
Similar:
concluding; final; last; terminal (occurring at or forming an end or termination)
terminative (coming to an end)
year-end (taking place at the close of a fiscal year)
Antonym:
opening (first or beginning)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb close
Context examples:
Holmes crouched back against the wall, and I did the same, my hand closing upon the handle of my revolver.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
My God, shall I ever forget their faces when they saw who was in the boat that was closing in upon them?
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Refers to the closing of a study to further enrollment.
(Closure, NCI Thesaurus)
Then light steps ascended the stairs; and there was a tripping through the gallery, and soft cheerful laughs, and opening and closing doors, and, for a time, a hush.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
We sprang through into the dark passage, closing the area door behind us.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Something was on my trail, and was closing in upon me every minute.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The evening is closing in, and grandmama will be looking for us.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
In the pause which succeeded, a sound like receding footsteps and the closing of a distant door struck on her affrighted ear.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
The first time occurred when the master was trying to teach a spirited thoroughbred the method of opening and closing gates without the rider's dismounting.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
A disorder characterized by repeated gulp sounds that result from an involuntary opening and closing of the glottis.
(Hiccough, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
