verb🔗Share(physical) To remove a gap."The carpenter closed the gap in the wooden fence with a piece of wood. "actiongapChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(social) To finish, to terminate."The manager is closing the shop early today because of the snowstorm. "communicationbusinesssocietyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine."The fog was closing in around the house, making it hard to see the road. "areaenvironmentplaceactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon."The hikers walked along the marked trail, each leg of their journey perfectly closing to bring them back to their starting point, forming a complete loop. "mathphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe act by which something is closed."openings and closings of doors"actioneventprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe end or conclusion of something."the closing of a popular play"outcomeeventbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe final procedure in a house sale, when documents are signed and recorded.""The closing on our new house is next week, and we're excited to finally get the keys." "propertybusinessfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareIn morphology, the erosion of the dilation of a set."After the closing, the gaps in the scanned image of the old document were filled in, making the text more legible. "mathtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗SharePertaining to the finish or ending of a series of events; occurring at the end or after all others."The closing ceremony marked the end of the summer Olympics. "outcomeeventtimeactionbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading