Synonym: block, blockage, closedown, closing, cloture, gag law, gag rule, law of closure, occlusion, resolution, settlement, shutdown, stop, stoppage. Similar words: enclosure, disclosure, foreclosure, composure, exposure, cynosure, discomposure, closed fracture. Meaning: ['kləʊʒə] n. 1. approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap 2. a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body 3. a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric 4. something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making 5. an obstruction in a pipe or tube 6. the act of blocking 7. termination of operations. v. terminate debate by calling for a vote.
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(31) Funerals help give people a sense of closure.
(32) The village school may face eventual closure.
(33) Police reported the closure of the road.
(34) The threat of closure affected the workers' morale.
(35) The reasons for closure are multifarious.
(36) The factory closure is seemingly inevitable.
(37) Parents are holding a council of war to decide what to do about the threatened closure of the school.
(38) Employees have vowed to fight the closure to the bitter end .
(39) I asked McKeown if the reunion was meant to achieve closure.
(40) The railway line , due for closure, has been granted a six - month reprieve.
(41) Demonstrators arrived in strength to protest against the closure of the factory.
(42) This could mean the closure of thousands of small businesses which serve the community.
(43) The closure of the car factory had a knock-on effect on the tyre manufacturers.
(44) The newspaper article touched a raw nerve - people still resent the closure of the local school.
(45) Police reported the closure of the road/that the road was closed.
(46) Today we will hear whether the school is to be spared from closure.
(47) The closure of the factory is a retrograde step .
(48) The closure of the factory was a necessary consequence of increased competition from abroad.
(49) The closure of the Manchester printing factory is the company's biggest single cutback so far.
(50) We, the undersigned, strongly object to the closure of St. Mary's Hospital: Jack James , Philippa Curry ,(sentencedict.com) Hugh Edwards.
(51) The factory closure will mean another few hundred people drawing the dole.
(52) Local residents have drawn up a petition to protest the hospital closure.
(53) To the despair of the workers, the company announced the closure of the factory.
(54) The program is under threat of closure due to lack of funding.
(55) Despite his brave words, I don't believe he can save the factory from closure.
(56) Serious lack of circulating fund forced the closure of the company.
(57) Industry in the area has taken a knock with the closure of two factories.
(58) She's going on a march on Saturday in protest over the closure of the hospital.
(59) She described the theatre's closure as "a straw in the wind" as companies faced up to the realities of life after the lottery.
(60) Labour quickly moved a closure motion to end the debate.
More similar words: enclosure, disclosure, foreclosure, composure, exposure, cynosure, discomposure, closed fracture, glycosuria, close, microsurgery, closet, closer, enclose, close to, close up, closest, close off, close in, closing, closely, close down, close-set, encloser, enclosed, disclose, be close to, enclosing, closeness, disclosed.