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closing   (TTS Sound)

The noun closing has 5 senses

• shutting, closing -- (the act of closing something)


• conclusion, end, close, closing, ending -- (the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say...")


• closing, closure -- (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")


• closure, closedown, closing, shutdown -- (termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center")


• completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up -- (a concluding action)

The verb close has 17 senses

• close, shut -- (move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window")


• close, shut -- (become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang")


• close up, close, fold, shut down, close down -- (cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop")


• close -- (finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.); "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board")


• conclude, close -- (come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin")


• close -- (complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement; "We closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the building")


• close -- (be priced or listed when trading stops; "The stock market closed high this Friday"; "My new stocks closed at $59 last night")


• close -- (engage at close quarters; "close with the enemy")


• close -- (cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop)


• close -- (change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact)


• close, come together -- (come together, as if in an embrace; "Her arms closed around her long lost relative")


• close -- (draw near; "The probe closed with the space station")


• close -- (bring together all the elements or parts of; "Management closed ranks")


• close -- (bar access to; "Due to the accident, the road had to be closed for several hours")


• close, fill up -- (fill or stop up; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?")


• close up, close -- (unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of; "close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close up an umbrella")


• close -- (finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning")

The adj closing has 1 sense

• closing -- (final or ending; "the closing stages of the election"; "the closing weeks of the year"; "the closing scene of the film"; "closing remarks")