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/kləʊz/ · close
noun
- An end or conclusion. The ceremony marked the close of the festival.
- The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction. The close of the door was soft and quiet.
- A grapple in wrestling. He won the match with a swift close.
verb
- (physical) To remove a gap. She closed the gap between the two boards with a nail.
- (social) To finish, to terminate. The company will close its downtown branch next month.
- To come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine. The crowd closed around the speaker as he began his talk.
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Did you know? The verb 'close' shares its Latin root with 'clausula', the term for a concluding passage in ancient Roman rhetoric.