closure

n.

1. The act of closing or the state of being closed: closure of an incision.
2. Something that closes or shuts.
3. 1. A bringing to an end; a conclusion: finally brought the project to closure.
   2. A feeling of finality or resolution, especially after a traumatic experience.
4. See cloture.
5. The property of being mathematically closed.

tr.v., -sured, -sur·ing, -sures.
To cloture (a debate).

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin clausūra, fortress, lock, from clausus, enclosed. See close. Sense 4, translation of French clôture.]

noun

A concluding or terminating: cease, cessation, close, closing, completion, conclusion, consummation, end, ending, end of the line, finish, period, stop, stopping point, termination, terminus, wind-up, wrap-up. See continue/stop/pause.

n

Definition: conclusion
Antonyms: beginning, introduction, opening, start

n

Definition: plug, seal
Antonyms: opening

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closure, the sense of completion or resolution at the end of a literary work or part of a work (e.g. a stanza or closed couplet); or, in literary criticism, the reduction of a work's meanings to a single and complete sense that excludes the claims of other interpretations. The contrast between ‘closed’ texts and ‘open’ texts has been a common topic of modern criticism, as in Roland Barthes's theory of the lisible.

Usually refers to suturing of a surgical incision.

The effect of finality, balance, and completeness which leaves the reader with a sense of fulfilled expectations. Though the term is sometimes employed to describe the effects of individual repetitive elements, such as rhyme, metrical patterns, parallelism, refrains, and stanzas, its most significant application is in reference to the concluding portion of the entire poem.

(DOD) In transportation, the process of a unit arriving at a specified location. It begins when the first element arrives at a designated location, e.g., port of entry and/or port of departure, intermediate stops, or final destination, and ends when the last element does likewise. For the purposes of studies and command post exercises, a unit is considered essentially closed after 95 percent of its movement requirements for personnel and equipment are completed.

IN BRIEF: n. - Termination of operations; The act of blocking; Something settled or resolved.

Tutor's tip: After the "cloture" (a vote of Congress to end a filibuster), they voted on the "closure" (anything that shuts, closes, or ends) of the session.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lukning
v. tr. - afslutte

Nederlands (Dutch)
(af)sluiting, het (af) sluiten

Français (French)
n. - fermeture, clôture, (Pol) clôture
v. tr. - clôturer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Abschluss, Schließung, Stillegung, Sperrung, (Phonet.) Verlegung
v. - (Pol.) eine Debatte zum Abschluss bringen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κλείσιμο, σφάλισμα, φράξιμο, περάτωση, τερματισμός, κλείσιμο (κοινοβουλευτικής) συζήτησης που ακολουθείται από ψηφοφορία

Italiano (Italian)
chiusura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - conclusão (f), clausura (f)

Русский (Russian)
смыкание, прекращение прений

Español (Spanish)
n. - cierre, clausura
v. tr. - cerrar, clausurar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tillslutning, nedläggning, avslutning, tvångsavslutning (av debatt)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
关闭, 结束, 打烊, 终止, 使终止

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 關閉, 結束, 打烊, 終止
v. tr. - 使終止

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 마감, 휴업
v. tr. - 토론을 종결 시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 閉鎖, 締め切り, 終了

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ختام, نهايه, اغلاق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סיום הדיון, סגירה, חותם סגירה, פקק‬
v. tr. - ‮סיים נאומו של דובר בפרלמנט‬

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