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单词 closure
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closure
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Closure is the end or the closing down of something. It can be physical — like the closure of your local library — or emotional, like the closure you experience when you finally come to terms with the end of a romance.
Closure comes from the Latin claus ("shut"), and it has many different shades of meaning. A road closure blocks that road from traffic. If you find closure after an emotional hardship, you're ready to move on. An obstruction in a small passage, like a pipe, is also a closure, as is the button on your sweater. In debate, closure (usually cloture), stops debate and starts the vote.
WORD FAMILY
closure: closured, closures, closuring+/close: closed, closely, closeness, closer, closes, closest, closing, closure, enclose/closeness: closenesses/closer: closers/closing: closings/enclose: enclosed, encloses, enclosing, enclosure/enclosed: self-enclosed, unenclosed/enclosure: enclosures
USAGE EXAMPLES
Jay Bender, an attorney for The Associated Press and other media outlets, argued against the closure.
Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)
“Your heart breaks at the loss of life. It’s kind of closure for a lot of people.”
Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)
The temporary closure blocked all traffic except residents and lift ticket holders at the resort about 40 miles from Las Vegas.
Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017)
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1n termination of operations
they regretted the closure of the day care center
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closedown, closing, shutdown
plant closing
act of shutting down operation of a plant
bank closing
act of closing down a bank because of a fiscal emergency or failure
layoff
the act of laying off an employee or a work force
conclusion, ending, termination
the act of ending something
2n something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure
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resolution, settlement
deciding, decision making
the cognitive process of reaching a decision
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1n the act of blocking
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blockage, occlusion
implosion
the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant
obstruction
the act of obstructing
2n an obstruction in a pipe or tube
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block, blockage, occlusion, stop, stoppage
breech closer, breechblock
a metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing
plug, stopper, stopple
blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly
vapor lock, vapour lock
a stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor)
bung, spile
a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask
bottle cork, cork
the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
drainplug
a removable plug for holding water in a tub or basin
earplug
a plug of cotton, wax, or rubber that is fitted into the ear canal for protection against the entry of water or loud noise
fipple
a wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder)
tampion, tompion
plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture
tampon
plug of cotton or other absorbent material; inserted into wound or body cavity to absorb exuded fluids (especially blood)
spigot, tap
a plug for a bunghole in a cask
impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor
any structure that makes progress difficult
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n approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap
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closing
approach, approaching, coming
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
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1n a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
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cloture, gag law, gag rule
closure by compartment, guillotine
closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure, rules of order
a body of rules followed by an assembly
2v terminate debate by calling for a vote
debate was closured
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cloture
end, terminate
bring to an end or halt
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n a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
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law of closure
Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization
a principle of Gestalt psychology that identifies factors leading to particular forms of perceptual organization
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