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closed

Syllabification: (closed)
Pronunciation: /klōzd/
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Definition of closed

adjective

  • not open:rooms with closed doors lined the hallway he sat with his eyes closed
  • (of a business) having ceased trading, especially for a short period:he put the “Closed” sign up on the door
  • (of a society or system) not communicating with or influenced by others; independent.
  • limited to certain people; not open or available to all:the UN Security Council met in closed session
  • unwilling to accept new ideas:you’re facing the situation with a closed mind
  • Mathematics (of a set) having the property that the result of a specified operation on any element of the set is itself a member of the set.
  • Mathematics (of a set) containing all its limit points.
  • Geometry of or pertaining to a curve whose ends are joined.

Phrases

behind closed doors

taking place secretly or without public knowledge.

closed book

a subject or person about which one knows nothing:accounting has always been a closed book to me

closed in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of closed in the British & World English dictionary
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