Closing

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Close \Close\ (kl[=o]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Closed}
     (kl[=o]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Closing}.] [From OF. & F. clos,
     p. p. of clore to close, fr. L. claudere; akin to G.
     schliessen to shut, and to E. clot, cloister, clavicle,
     conclude, sluice. Cf. {Clause}, n.]
     1. To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close


        the eyes; to close a door.
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     2. To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to
        close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up.
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     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.
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              One frugal supper did our studies close. --Dryden.
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     4. To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to
        confine.
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              The depth closed me round about.      --Jonah ii. 5.
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              But now thou dost thyself immure and close
              In some one corner of a feeble heart. --Herbert.
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     {A closed sea}, a sea within the jurisdiction of some
        particular nation, which controls its navigation.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  closing \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}]
     [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  closing \closing\ n.
     1. the act of closing something.
  
     Syn: shutting.
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     2. the last section of a communication.
  
     Syn: conclusion, close, ending.
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     3. termination of operations.
  
     Syn: closure, closedown, shutdown.
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     4. a concluding action.
  
     Syn: completion, culmination, windup, mop up.
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     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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  closing
       adj : final or ending; "the closing stages of the election"; "the
             closing weeks of the year"; "the closing scene of the
             film"; "closing remarks" [ant: {opening}]
       n 1: the act of closing something [syn: {shutting}] [ant: {opening}]
       2: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want
          to say..." [syn: {conclusion}, {end}, {close}, {ending}]
       3: 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" [syn: {closure}]
       4: termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of
          the day care center" [syn: {closure}, {closedown}, {shutdown}]
       5: a concluding action [syn: {completion}, {culmination}, {windup},
           {mop up}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "closing":
     abandonment, accommodation, adjustment, arrangement, blockade,
     breakoff, capping, cease, ceasing, cessation, close, closure,
     concluding, conclusion, consummative, consummatory, crowning,
     culminating, culminative, decline, desinence, desistance,
     discontinuance, discontinuation, end, ending, eventual, final,
     finish, finishing, hindmost, homestretch, lag, lapse, last lap,
     last round, last stage, latest, latter, occlusion, perfecting,
     perfective, period, relinquishment, renunciation, sealing,
     settlement, shutdown, shutting, shutting up, signature, signing,
     solemnization, stop, stopping, surcease, terminal, terminating,
     termination, ultimate