verb🔗ShareFermer(physical) To remove a gap."The carpenter closed the gap in the wooden fence with a piece of wood. "Le charpentier a fermé le trou dans la clôture en bois avec un morceau de bois.actiongapChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareClore, terminer(social) To finish, to terminate."The manager is closing the shop early today because of the snowstorm. "Le gérant ferme le magasin plus tôt aujourd'hui à cause de la tempête de neige.communicationbusinesssocietyactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEnfermer, entourer, encerclerTo 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. "Le brouillard s'enfermait autour de la maison, rendant la route difficile à voir.areaenvironmentplaceactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFermerTo 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. "Les randonneurs ont marché le long du sentier balisé, chaque étape de leur voyage se fermant parfaitement pour les ramener à leur point de départ, formant une boucle complète.mathphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFermetureThe act by which something is closed."openings and closings of doors"Ouvertures et fermetures de portesactioneventprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFin, conclusionThe end or conclusion of something."the closing of a popular play"La fin d'une pièce populaireoutcomeeventbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareClôture, finalisationThe 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." "La clôture de notre nouvelle maison est la semaine prochaine, et nous sommes ravis d'obtenir enfin les clés.propertybusinessfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFermetureIn 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. "Après la fermeture, les lacunes de l'image numérisée de l'ancien document ont été comblées, rendant le texte plus lisible.mathtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareFinal, de clôturePertaining 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. "La cérémonie de clôture a marqué la fin des Jeux olympiques d'été.outcomeeventtimeactionbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading