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closure

Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊʒə/
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Definition of closure

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1an act or process of closing something, especially an institution, thoroughfare, or frontier, or of being closed:hospitals that face closure [count noun]:road closures
  • [count noun] a thing that closes or seals something, such as a cap or tie.
  • 2(in a legislative assembly) a procedure for ending a debate and taking a vote: [as modifier]:a closure motion
  • 3a sense of resolution or conclusion at the end of an artistic work:he brings modernistic closure to his narrative
  • 3a feeling that an emotional or traumatic experience has been resolved:I am desperately trying to reach closure but I don’t know how to do it without answers from him

verb

[with object]
  • apply the closure to (a debate or speaker) in a legislative assembly.

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin clausura, from claus- 'closed', from the verb claudere

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Definition of closure in the US English dictionary
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