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Closing

adjective

1.

Final or ending. "The closing weeks of the year" , "The closing scene of the film" , "Closing remarks"

noun

1.

The act of closing something. Synonym: shutting.

2.

The last section of a communication. Synonyms: close, conclusion, end, ending.

3.

Approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap. Synonym: closure.

4.

Termination of operations. Synonyms: closedown, closure, shutdown.

5.

A concluding action. Synonyms: completion, culmination, mop up, windup.

Close

verb

(past & past part. closed; pres. part. closing)

1.

Move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut. Synonym: shut. "Shut the window"

2.

Become closed. Synonym: shut.

3.

Cease to operate or cause to cease operating. Synonyms: close down, close up, fold, shut down. "My business closes every night at 8 P.M." , "Close up the shop"

4.

Finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.).

5.

Come to a close. Synonym: conclude.

6.

Complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement. "They closed the deal on the building"

7.

Be priced or listed when trading stops. "My new stocks closed at $59 last night"

8.

Engage at close quarters.

9.

Cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer desktop.

10.

Change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and foot are closer to the intended point of impact.

11.

Come together, as if in an embrace. Synonym: come together.

12.

Draw near.

13.

Bring together all the elements or parts of.

14.

Bar access to.

15.

Fill or stop up. Synonym: fill up.

16.

Unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of. Synonym: close up. "Close a wound" , "Close a book" , "Close up an umbrella"

17.

Finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead.

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"Closing" Quotes from Famous Books

... named it Mount Kingston, after the Honourable G.S. Kingston, Speaker of the House of Assembly. To the north the broken ranges continue, and in the distance there is a long flat-topped range, broken in some places. It seems to be closing upon my course on the last bearing. I cannot judge of the distance, the mirage being so great. Descended from the mount, and proceeded on a bearing of 336 degrees towards a spring that I saw from the ...

— Explorations in Australia, The Journals of John McDouall Stuart • John McDouall Stuart

... solemn profession of respect for law and order. It was so in the case of the Stamp Act. Small shopkeepers who were soon sold out and had no great stock of "old moth-eaten goods" to offer at enhanced prices, rising young lawyers whose fees ceased with the closing of the courts, artisans and laborers who bought their dinners (no Madeira included) with their daily wage—these, and indeed all the lower sort of people, contemplated the stopping of business with much alarm. Mr. John Adams, ...

— The Eve of the Revolution - A Chronicle of the Breach with England, Volume 11 In The - Chronicles Of America Series • Carl Becker

... without hesitation, and upon applying it, the cash box opened, revealing a large sum of money. Catching up a package of bills, he placed it in his side coat pocket, and locking the cash box again, was closing the safe, when he paused as though struck with a sudden thought. The storm without seemed to be renewing its strength. The dashing of sleet and snow against the windows, the howling of the wind, the weird singing of the wires, ...

— That Printer of Udell's • Harold Bell Wright

... his brief laugh, a jeering bark out of one side of the mouth, and swung her miraculously through a closing space between two other couples. "You know a lot about what goes on, don't you? You prob'ly think there's no other place to dance in this ...

— Alice Adams • Booth Tarkington

... scold and direct in the kitchen; and her scolding was not the less energetic because it was delivered in an angry whisper; for, speaking above her breath she would have thought irreverent, as long as there was any one dead lying in the house. Margaret had resolved not to mention the crowning and closing affright to her father. There was no use in speaking about it; it had ended well; the only thing to be feared was lest Leonards should in some way borrow money enough to effect his purpose of following Frederick to London, and hunting him out there. But there were immense chances against ...

— North and South • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

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