definition of the word close

Latin claudere

• (UK) enPR: klōz, IPA: /kləʊz/, SAMPA: /kl@Uz/

  Rhymes: -əʊz

• (US) enPR: klōz, IPA: /kloʊz/, SAMPA: /kloUz/

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  Rhymes: -oʊz

to close (third-person singular simple present closes, present participle closing, simple past and past participle closed)

1. To obstruct (an opening).
2. To move so that it closes its opening.

   Close the door behind you when you leave.

   Jim was listening to headphones with his eyes closed.

3. To put an end to.

   close the session

4. To make (e.g. a gap) smaller.

   The runner in second place is closing the gap on the leader.

5. (surveying) To have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon.
6. (marketing) To make a sale.

• (obstruct (an opening)): close off, close up, cover, shut, shut off
• (move (a door)): shut
• (put an end to): end, finish, terminate, wind up, close down
• (make (a gap) smaller):

• (obstruct (an opening)): open
• (move (a door)): open
• (put an end to): begin, commence, initiate, start
• (make (a gap) smaller): extend, widen

• close down
• close in
• close off
• close one's eyes
• close out
• close the face
• close up

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