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Definition of Closing
1. Noun. The act of closing something.
Generic synonyms: Motility, Motion, Move, Movement
Derivative terms: Close, Close, Close, Close, Close, Shut
Antonyms: Opening
2. Adjective. Final or ending. "Closing remarks"
3. Noun. The last section of a communication. "In conclusion I want to say..."
Specialized synonyms: Anticlimax, Bathos, Epilog, Epilogue, Epilog, Epilogue, Peroration, Coda, Finale
Generic synonyms: Section, Subdivision
Group relationships: Narration, Recital, Yarn, Address, Speech
Derivative terms: Close, End, End, End
4. 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"
Generic synonyms: Approach, Approaching, Coming
Derivative terms: Close, Close, Close, Close
5. Noun. Termination of operations. "They regretted the closure of the day care center"
Generic synonyms: Conclusion, Ending, Termination
Specialized synonyms: Plant Closing, Bank Closing, Layoff
Derivative terms: Close Down, Close, Close, Close, Close, Shut Down
6. Noun. A concluding action.
Specialized synonyms: Consummation, Consummation, Finish, Finishing, Finalisation, Finalization, Follow-through, Follow-through, Graduation
Generic synonyms: Conclusion, Ending, Termination
Derivative terms: Close, Close, Complete, Culminate, Mop Up, Wind Up
Definition of Closing
1. Noun. The end or conclusion of something ¹
2. Noun. The final procedure in a house sale when documents are signed and recorded. ¹
3. Adjective. Coming after all others. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Closing
1. a concluding part [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Closing
Literary usage of Closing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock (1920)
"This is the closing apparatus of the trachea. The closing of this apparatus and
the contraction of the body by the respiratory muscles is supposed to force ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"(For Early closing—if possible.) Is there no way of shortening the boors of
overworked shop-assistants without worrying the already mach-worried poor with ..."
3. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1876)
"An account of the Green Mountain revolution, closing the Lower Silurian, ...
In the disturbance o closing the Paleozoic, all of the Appalachian region ..."
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