'Closing' definitions:
Definition of 'closing'
From: WordNet
adjective
Final or ending; "the closing stages of the election"; "the closing weeks of the year"; "the closing scene of the film"; "closing remarks" [ant: opening]
noun
noun
The last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..." [syn: conclusion, end, close, closing, ending]
noun
Approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision" [syn: closing, closure]
noun
Termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the day care center" [syn: closure, closedown, closing, shutdown]
noun
Definition of 'Closing'
From: GCIDE
- Close \Close\ (kl[=o]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Closed (kl[=o]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Closing.] [From OF. & F. clos, p. p. of clore to close, fr. L. claudere; akin to G. schliessen to shut, and to E. clot, cloister, clavicle, conclude, sluice. Cf. Clause, n.]
- 1. To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction. [1913 Webster]
- One frugal supper did our studies close. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine. [1913 Webster]
- The depth closed me round about. --Jonah ii. 5. [1913 Webster]
- But now thou dost thyself immure and close In some one corner of a feeble heart. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
- A closed sea, a sea within the jurisdiction of some particular nation, which controls its navigation. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'closing'
From: GCIDE
- closing \closing\ n.
- 1. the act of closing something.
- Syn: shutting. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. the last section of a communication.
- Syn: conclusion, close, ending. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. termination of operations.
- Syn: closure, closedown, shutdown. [WordNet 1.5]
- 4. a concluding action.
- Syn: completion, culmination, windup, mop up. [WordNet 1.5]
- 5. (Commerce) the final action in a commercial transaction, especially the meeting between buyer and seller (and in some cases mortgagee), or their representatives, in a transaction for sale of real estate in which all documents are signed and all procedures carried out to complete the sale; -- called also real estate closing. [PJC]
Definition of 'closing'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'closing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandonment,
- accommodation,
- adjustment,
- arrangement,
- blockade,
- breakoff,
- capping,
- cease,
- ceasing,
- cessation,
- close,
- closure,
- concluding,
- conclusion,
- consummative,
- consummatory,
- crowning,
- culminating,
- culminative,
- decline,
- desinence,
- desistance,
- discontinuance,
- discontinuation,
- end,
- ending,
- eventual,
- final,
- finish,
- finishing,
- hindmost,
- homestretch,
- lag,
- lapse,
- last lap,
- last round,
- last stage,
- latest,
- latter,
- occlusion,
- perfecting,
- perfective,
- period,
- relinquishment,
- renunciation,
- sealing,
- settlement,
- shutdown,
- shutting,
- shutting up,
- signature,
- signing,
- solemnization,
- stop,
- stopping,
- surcease,
- terminal,
- terminating,
- termination,
- ultimate
Words containing 'Closing'
- Close,
- Closed,
- Closely,
- Closeness,
- To close on,
- To close with,
- close down,
- close in,
- close off,
- close out,
- close to,
- close up,
- closed in,
- closing off,
- closed closed inpredicate,
- A closed sea,
- Close borough,
- Close breeding,
- Close communion,
- Close corporation,
- Close fertilization,
- Close harmony,
- Close reef,
- Close time,
- Close to the wind,
- Close vowel,
- Closed chain,
- Letters close,
- To close upon,
- To close with the land,
- at close range,
- bank closing,
- close at hand,
- close call,
- close confining,
- close order,
- close quarters,
- close set,
- close shave,
- close support,
- close together,
- closed book,
- closed circuit,
- closed corporation,
- closed couplet,
- closed curve,
- closed fracture,
- closed gentian,
- closed interval,
- closed loop,
- closed minded,
- closed primary,
- closed session,
- closed shop,
- closed universe,
- closely knit,
- closing curtain,
- closing price,
- closing time,
- come close,
- draw close,
- hold close,
- plant closing,
- Close-banded,
- Close-barred,
- Close-bodied,
- Close-fights,
- Close-stool,
- Close-tongued,
- Couple-close,
- Couple-closes,
- Still-closing,
- bringing close together,
- close supporting fire,
- close-fitting,
- close-grained,
- close-hauled,
- close-knit,
- close-minded,
- close-packed,
- close-set,
- closed-captioned,
- closed-chain,
- closed-circuit,
- closed-door,
- closed-minded,
- closed-ring,
- closely held corporation,
- closely-held,
- closely-knit,
- real estate closing,
- simple closed curve,
- close-order drill,
- close-quarter fighting,
- closed-angle glaucoma,
- closed-circuit television,
- closed-class word,
- closed-end fund,
- closed-heart surgery,
- closed-loop system,
- closed-end investment company,
- involute closely coiled so that the axis is obscured