Closing

closing
    adj 1: 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}]
    n 1: the act of closing something [syn: {shutting}, {closing}]
         [ant: {opening}]
    2: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to
       say..." [syn: {conclusion}, {end}, {close}, {closing},
       {ending}]
    3: 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}]
    4: termination of operations; "they regretted the closure of the
       day care center" [syn: {closure}, {closedown}, {closing},
       {shutdown}]
    5: a concluding action [syn: {completion}, {culmination},
       {closing}, {windup}, {mop up}]
    

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.
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   2. To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to
      close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up.
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   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.
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            One frugal supper did our studies close. --Dryden.
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   4. To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to
      confine.
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            The depth closed me round about.      --Jonah ii. 5.
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            But now thou dost thyself immure and close
            In some one corner of a feeble heart. --Herbert.
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   {A closed sea}, a sea within the jurisdiction of some
      particular nation, which controls its navigation.
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closing \closing\ adj.
   final or ending; terminal; as, the closing stages of the
   election; the closing weeks of the year; the closing scene of
   the film; closing remarks. Opposite of {opening}. [Narrower
   terms: {year-end}]
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closing \closing\ n.
   1. the act of closing something.

   Syn: shutting.
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   2. the last section of a communication.

   Syn: conclusion, close, ending.
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   3. termination of operations.

   Syn: closure, closedown, shutdown.
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   4. a concluding action.

   Syn: completion, culmination, windup, mop up.
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   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}.
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60 Moby Thesaurus words for "closing":
      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