verb🔗Share(physical) To remove a gap."The carpenter closed the gap in the fence with a new piece of wood. "gapactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(social) To finish, to terminate."The school year closed on June 15th. "societyorganizationbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine."The family closed around the table for dinner. "areaplacestructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon."The hikers closed their route by returning to the starting point, creating a closed loop. "mathphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareSealed, made inaccessible or impassable; not open."The library's doors were closed, so we couldn't enter. "conditionstatesituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(of a store or business) Not operating or conducting trade."The bakery was closed on Sundays. "businesscommerceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareNot public."closed source  a closed committee"organizationbusinessgovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(of a set) Having an open complement."The set of students who passed the math test is a closed set, because all the students who didn't pass are in the complement. "mathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(of a set) Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it."The set of integers is closed under addition: orall x,yinmathbb{Z},x+yinmathbb{Z}."mathtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(of a formula) Lacking a free variable."The formula for the area of a square is a closed formula; it doesn't have any letters representing unknown sides. "logicmathcomputingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share(of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are the same, forming a closed loop."The hiking trail was a closed loop, starting and ending at the same point. "mathtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareFormed by closing the mouth and nose passages completely, like the consonants /t/, /d/ and /p/."The teacher's instructions were clear: pronounce the "p" in "stop" with a closed mouth. "phoneticslanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareHaving the sound cut off sharply by a following consonant, like the /ɪ/ in pin."The teacher's voice was closed, almost inaudible, over the loud classroom chatter. "phoneticslanguagewordsoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading