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noun. the act of closing or the state of being closed. an end or conclusion. something that closes or shuts, such as a cap or seal for a container. (in a deliberative body) a procedure by which debate may be halted and an immediate vote taken See also cloture guillotine gag rule.
Closure is the end or the closing down of something. It can be physical — like the closure of your local library — or emotional, like the closure you experience when you finally come to terms with the end of a romance. Closure comes from the Latin claus ("shut"), and it has many different shades of meaning. A road closure blocks that road ...
closure. noun. /ˈkləʊʒə (r)/. /ˈkləʊʒər/. [countable, uncountable] the situation when a factory, school, hospital, etc. shuts permanently. factory closures. The hospital has been threatened with closure. Spending cuts could mean the closure of the village school. Extra Examples.
Synonyms for CLOSURE: cessation, ending, halt, end, close, conclusion, shutdown, termination; Antonyms of CLOSURE: continuation, continuance, extension, persistence, prolongation
n. 1. The act of closing or the state of being closed: closure of an incision. 2. Something that closes or shuts. 3. a. A bringing to an end; a conclusion: finally brought the project to closure. b. A feeling of finality or resolution, especially after a traumatic experience: sought closure in returning to the scene of the accident. 4. See cloture.
[uncountable] the feeling that a difficult or an unpleasant experience has come to an end or been dealt with in an acceptable way The conviction of their son's murderer helped to give them a sense of closure. See closure in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: closure.
noun. uk / ˈkləʊʒə r/ us. Add to word list. [ C, U ] the time when a business, organization, etc stops operating for ever: factory closures. The company announced the closure of its Paris office. [ U ] the feeling that a sad or unpleasant experience has now finished so that you can think about and do other things:
