verb🔗ShareFermer(physical) To remove a gap."The carpenter closed the gap in the fence with a new piece of wood. "Le charpentier a fermé le trou dans la clôture avec un nouveau morceau de bois.gapactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareClore, terminer(social) To finish, to terminate."The school year closed on June 15th. "L'année scolaire s'est terminée le 15 juin.societyorganizationbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEnfermer, entourer, encerclerTo come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine."The family closed around the table for dinner. "La famille s'est réunie autour de la table pour le dîner.areaplacestructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSe fermerTo 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. "Les randonneurs ont fermé leur itinéraire en revenant au point de départ, créant ainsi une boucle fermée.mathphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareFermé, inaccessibleSealed, made inaccessible or impassable; not open."The library's doors were closed, so we couldn't enter. "Les portes de la bibliothèque étaient fermées, nous n'avons donc pas pu entrer.conditionstatesituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareFermé(of a store or business) Not operating or conducting trade."The bakery was closed on Sundays. "La boulangerie était fermée le dimanche.businesscommerceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareFermé, non publicNot public."closed source  a closed committee"source fermée, un comité non publicorganizationbusinessgovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareFermé(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. "L'ensemble des étudiants qui ont réussi le test de maths est un ensemble fermé, car tous les étudiants qui n'ont pas réussi sont dans le complément.mathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareFermé(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}."L'ensemble des entiers est fermé par addition : pour tout x, y ∈ ℤ, x + y ∈ ℤ.mathtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareFermé(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. "La formule de l'aire d'un carré est une formule fermée ; elle ne contient aucune lettre représentant des côtés inconnus.logicmathcomputingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareFermé(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. "Le sentier de randonnée était une boucle fermée, commençant et se terminant au même point.mathtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareFerméFormed 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. "Les instructions du professeur étaient claires : prononcez le « p » dans « stop » avec la bouche fermée.phoneticslanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareFerméHaving 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. "La voix du professeur était fermée, presque inaudible, au-dessus du brouhaha de la classe.phoneticslanguagewordsoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
