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Received-Pronunciation:
/kləʊzd/
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General-American:
/kloʊzd/
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CMU ARPABET:
K L OW1 Z D
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Physically obstructed, sealed, etc.
Made impassable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
A closed and locked door prevented my escape. The channel was closed as a result of thick ice.
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Physically obstructed, sealed, etc.
Sealed or covered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
Her eyes were tightly closed. Keep this box closed at all times.
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Physically obstructed, sealed, etc.
Physically drawn together, folded or contracted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
A book lay closed on the table. a closed fist
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Physically obstructed, sealed, etc.
In a position preventing fluid from flowing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: gas and liquid flow
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
Not available for use or operation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
Phone lines are now closed.
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Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
Not operating or conducting trade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
Banks are closed on bank holidays.
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Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
Not allowing entrance to visitors or the public.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
The museum is closed for the Christmas holidays.
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Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
Not receptive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
He is closed to new ideas.
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Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
Not public.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
closed source a closed committee The bill is being considered by the committee in closed session.
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Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
Of a competition or tournament: with the competitors restricted to a specific group, such as professionals, amateurs, members or residents.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Not available for operation, participation, interaction, etc.
Not in current use; not connected to as a resource.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Qualifier: document
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
Make sure that all files are closed before you switch off the computer.
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Completed, finalised.
Settled; decided or determined; withdrawn from consideration.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
This subject is now closed.
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Completed, finalised.
Having one end joined to the other, forming a completed loop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
a closed curve, a closed circuit
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Completed, finalised.
In a position allowing electricity to flow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Completed, finalised.
Whose first and last vertices are the same, forming a closed loop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
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Having an open complement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
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Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
Examples
The set of integers is closed under addition: #92;forallx,y#92;in#92;mathbb#123;Z#125;,#92;,x#43;y#92;in#92;mathbb#123;Z#125;.
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Lacking a free variable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
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Lacking endpoints. For parametric curves, with the same image for the ends of the domain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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Lacking a boundary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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Formed by closing the mouth and nose passages completely, like the consonants /t/, /d/, and /p/.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
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Having the sound cut off sharply by a following consonant, like the /ɪ/ in pin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
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Having component words joined together without spaces or hyphens; for example, timeslot as opposed to time slot or time-slot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonym of close.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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Synonyms: close
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Of a club, bat or other hitting implement; angled downwards and/or (for a right-hander) anticlockwise of straight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially, not-comparable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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simple past and past participle of close
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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not open
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: shut, unopen
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not open or affording passage or access
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the many closed streets made travel difficult our neighbors peeped from behind closed curtains
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Antonyms: open
used especially of mouth or eyes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he sat quietly with closed eyes his eyes were shut against the sunlight
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Synonyms: shut
Antonyms: open
(set theory) of an interval that contains both its endpoints
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: open
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adjective satellite
Meaning 31
blocked against entry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: closed in(p)
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adjective satellite
Meaning 32
not having an open mind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a closed mind unreceptive to new ideas
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Synonyms: unsympathetic
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adjective satellite
Meaning 33
not open to the general public
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective satellite
Meaning 34
with shutters closed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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