closure
/ˈkləʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/
An event or occurrence that signifies an ending; A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period
- plural
- closures
Meanings
- 1
An event or occurrence that signifies an ending
This factory is threatened with closure.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
High winds have led to the closure of several bridges across the country.
Tatoeba · sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period
- 3
A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closingrare
- 4
An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scoperare
- 5
The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given propertyrare
- 6
The smallest closed set which contains the given setrare
- 7
The act of shutting; a closingrare
- 8
The act of shutting or closing something permanently or temporarilyrare
- 9
That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closedrare
- 10
That which encloses or confines; an enclosurerare