Standard Lemma guide

closing

adj · noun · verb · 12 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkləʊzɪŋ/
  • General-American: /ˈkloʊzɪŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -əʊzɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: K L OW1 Z IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to the finish or ending of a series of events; occurring at the end or after all others.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • I'd like to add some closing words.
  • The closing scene of Miller's "Death of a Salesman" cannot but evoke a feeling of deep pathos.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act by which something is closed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • openings and closings of doors

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The end or conclusion of something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the closing of a popular play

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The final procedure in a house sale, when documents are signed and recorded.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

In morphology, the erosion of the dilation of a set.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

present participle and gerund of close

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective

Meaning 7

final or ending

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the closing stages of the election
  • the closing weeks of the year
  • the closing scene of the film
  • closing remarks

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: opening

8

noun

Meaning 8

a concluding action

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: completion, culmination, windup, mop up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: termination, ending, conclusion

Narrower terms: consummation, finish, finishing, finalization, finalisation, follow-through, graduation

9

noun

Meaning 9

termination of operations

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they regretted the closure of the day care center

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: closure, closedown, shutdown

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: termination, ending, conclusion

Narrower terms: plant closing, bank closing, layoff

10

noun

Meaning 10

approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: closure

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: approach, approaching, coming

11

noun

Meaning 11

the act of closing something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shutting

Antonyms: opening

Broader terms: motion, movement, move, motility

12

noun

Meaning 12

the last section of a communication

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • in conclusion I want to say...

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: conclusion, end, close, ending

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: section, subdivision

Narrower terms: anticlimax, bathos, epilogue, epilog, peroration, finale, coda

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: заключи́телен (zaključítelen) — coming after all others
  • Bulgarian: после́ден (posléden) — coming after all others
  • Finnish: viimeinen — coming after all others
  • Finnish: loppu- — coming after all others
  • Hungarian: záró — coming after all others
  • Hungarian: lezáró — coming after all others
  • Hungarian: befejező — coming after all others
  • Hungarian: zár- (as in zárszó) — coming after all others
  • Italian: conclusivo — coming after all others
  • Italian: finale — coming after all others
  • Italian: ultimo — coming after all others
  • Russian: заключи́тельный (zaključítelʹnyj) — coming after all others
  • Russian: после́дний (poslédnij) — coming after all others
  • Spanish: último — coming after all others
  • Spanish: final — coming after all others
  • Finnish: sulkeminen — the act by which something is closed
  • Hungarian: csukódás — the act by which something is closed
  • Hungarian: záródás — the act by which something is closed
  • Hungarian: csukás — the act by which something is closed
  • Hungarian: becsukás — the act by which something is closed
  • Italian: chiusura — the act by which something is closed
  • Romanian: închidere — the act by which something is closed
  • Spanish: cierre — the act by which something is closed
  • Spanish: cerramiento — the act by which something is closed
  • Bulgarian: закриване (zakrivane) — end or conclusion
  • Bulgarian: затваряне (zatvarjane) — end or conclusion
  • Finnish: sulkeminen — end or conclusion
  • Finnish: lopetus — end or conclusion
  • Finnish: päättäminen — end or conclusion
  • Finnish: lopettaminen — end or conclusion
  • French: clôture — end or conclusion
  • Hungarian: zárás — end or conclusion
  • Hungarian: befejezés — end or conclusion
  • Italian: chiusura — end or conclusion
  • Romanian: închidere — end or conclusion
  • Russian: закры́тие (zakrýtije) — end or conclusion
  • Scots: closin — end or conclusion
  • Spanish: clausura — end or conclusion
  • Spanish: cierre — end or conclusion
  • Spanish: cerramiento — end or conclusion
  • Finnish: allekirjoitus — the final procedure in a house sale
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