closure
UK /ˈkləʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/ · US /ˈkloʊ.ʒɚ/ noun, verb
Forms closures closuring closured
- noun An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
- noun (figurative) A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period. “to find emotional closure”
- noun A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.
- noun (programming) 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 scope.
- noun (mathematics) The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property.
- noun (topology, of a set) The smallest closed set which contains the given set.
- noun The act of shutting; a closing. “the closure of a door, or of a chink”
- noun The act of shutting or closing something permanently or temporarily. “The closure of Hammersmith Bridge means road traffic has to use Chiswick and Putney Bridges instead.”
- verb (transitive, politics) To end the parliamentary debate on (an issue) by closure.
Synonyms
fastener closing cloture gag rule gag law law of closure settlement resolution blockage block occlusion stop stoppage closedown shutdown
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English closure, from Old French closure, from Late Latin clausura, from Latin claudere (“to close”); see clausure and cloture (etymological doublets) and close.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.
- noun That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.
Etymology [Of. closure, L. clausura, fr. clauedere to shut. See Close, v. t.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “closure”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details