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closure

English

🔊 termination of operations
“they regretted the closure of the day care center”
🔊 a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric
🔊 a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
🔊 approaching a particular destination
“the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision”
🔊 the act of blocking
🔊 an obstruction in a pipe or tube
“we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe”
🔊 something settled or resolved
“they finally reached a settlement with the union”
🔊 terminate debate by calling for a vote
“debate was closured”