nounπShareAn event or occurrence that signifies an ending."The graduation ceremony marked the closure of her high school career. "outcomeeventsituationtimetoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period."After his grandmother passed away, he felt a sense of closure knowing he had said goodbye and expressed his love. "mindemotionsoulachievementoutcometoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing."The cabinet has a smooth-operating closure that allows you to easily open and close it many times. "devicetechnologymachineitemtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAn abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope."The function for calculating grades in the student record system includes a closure that accesses the student's current course schedule. "computingtechnicalfunctionlogicsystemtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property."The closure of the set of even numbers, under the property of addition, includes all the sums of any two even numbers. "maththeorylogiccomputingtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShare(of a set) The smallest closed set which contains the given set."The closure of the set of all my math test scores includes the scores I earned on all the assignments. "maththeorytoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe act of shutting; a closing."the closure of a door, or of a chink"actionoutcomeeventtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThat which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed."The closure of the school cafeteria meant the students could no longer buy lunch there. "partitemthingtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThat which encloses or confines; an enclosure."The park's stone wall provided a safe closure for the children to play. "partstructuretoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body."The senator proposed a closure to end the lengthy debate on the new school funding bill. "politicsgovernmenttoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe process whereby the reader of a comic book infers the sequence of events by looking at the picture panels."The closure in the comic book showed how the students got to the field trip destination. "artmedialiteraturestylestorycommunicationtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading