What is another word for closure?
Synonyms for closure
ˈkloʊ ʒərclo·sure
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Princeton's WordNet
closing, closurenoun
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"
Synonyms:
block, gag law, completion, end, gag rule, conclusion, ending, culmination, resolution, stoppage, mop up, cloture, close, occlusion, blockage, law of closure, settlement, closing, shutdown, shutting, stop, closedown, windupclosure, cloture, gag rule, gag lawnoun
a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
Synonyms:
stop, block, settlement, shutdown, gag law, occlusion, law of closure, resolution, gag rule, cloture, blockage, closedown, stoppage, closingclosure, law of closurenoun
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
Synonyms:
stop, block, settlement, shutdown, gag law, occlusion, law of closure, resolution, gag rule, cloture, blockage, closedown, stoppage, closingsettlement, resolution, closurenoun
something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making
"they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure"
Synonyms:
colony, small town, block, firmness of purpose, liquidation, closedown, resolving power, stop, solving, answer, gag law, colonization, resoluteness, solution, solvent, cloture, resolve, stoppage, result, resolving, declaration, law of closure, settlement, closing, blockage, gag rule, shutdown, firmness, occlusion, village, resolution, colonisationblockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppagenoun
an obstruction in a pipe or tube
"we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"
Synonyms:
hitch, cube, blocking, full stop, stoppage, layover, cloture, law of closure, halt, plosive, gag law, diaphragm, pulley-block, pulley, arrest, closing, point, closedown, plosive speech sound, occlusion, cylinder block, check, occluded front, obstruction, mental block, engine block, full point, block, blockage, stop consonant, stopover, shutdown, stop, occlusive, city block, auction block, resolution, period, stay, pulley block, catch, plosive consonant, gag rule, settlementblockage, closure, occlusionnoun
the act of blocking
Synonyms:
block, gag law, occluded front, gag rule, obstruction, stoppage, cloture, blockage, occlusion, law of closure, settlement, closing, shutdown, stop, closedown, resolutionclosure, closedown, closing, shutdownverb
termination of operations
"they regretted the closure of the day care center"
Synonyms:
block, gag law, completion, end, gag rule, conclusion, ending, culmination, stoppage, mop up, cloture, blockage, occlusion, law of closure, settlement, closing, shutdown, close, shutting, stop, closedown, resolution, windupclosure, clotureverb
terminate debate by calling for a vote
"debate was closured"; "cloture the discussion"
Synonyms:
cloture
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PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "closure":
closing, closures, close, closed, latch, shutdown, end, fence, decommissioning, conclusion, lock, concluding, shut-off, close-out, shut-down, blockade, shut, zipper, sealing, closeout, termination, fencing, abandonment
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#272 | check | |
#317 | end | |
#438 | point | |
#611 | result | |
#735 | close | |
#766 | period | |
#1001 | stay | |
#1038 | stop | |
#1091 | solution | |
#1251 | answer | |
#1488 | resolution | |
#1662 | block | |
#1888 | ending | |
#1933 | village | |
#1958 | closed | |
#3411 | lock | |
#3635 | catch | |
#3841 | completion | |
#4037 | conclusion | |
#4038 | closing | |
#4075 | settlement | |
#5210 | declaration | |
#5505 | shut | |
#5981 | resolve | |
#6054 | termination | |
#6209 | solving | |
#7169 | closure | |
#7523 | arrest | |
#7860 | cube | |
#8175 | fence | |
#8905 | blocking | |
#9598 | colony | |
#12190 | shutdown | |
#12739 | fencing | |
#13575 | solvent | |
#13959 | halt | |
#14186 | resolving | |
#14594 | hitch | |
#14891 | closeout | |
#15543 | zipper | |
#15807 | sealing | |
#17158 | concluding | |
#17550 | closures | |
#17647 | liquidation | |
#18633 | obstruction | |
#18818 | latch | |
#22574 | abandonment | |
#23522 | diaphragm | |
#23586 | shutting | |
#24365 | pulley | |
#26805 | blockade | |
#27588 | colonization | |
#31249 | decommissioning | |
#33033 | occlusion | |
#33152 | culmination | |
#37894 | blockage | |
#46133 | firmness | |
#48365 | stoppage | |
#54999 | stopover | |
#59293 | cloture | |
#65030 | colonisation | |
#73621 | occlusive | |
#79190 | layover | |
#101879 | windup | |
#140252 | plosive | |
#238075 | closedown | |
#311468 | resoluteness |
How to use closure in a sentence?
The victim has struggled her whole life with learning disabilities and challenges to be self-sufficient, if we are not fighting for her, then who are we fighting for ? It has been a long road for this remarkable woman and we are thankful to the jury for providing her some closure and, for our community, justice after an unconscionable and violent crime.
The death of Josh and the fact that his killer remained free for such a long time is unimaginable, i hope this arrest brings the Joshua Harmon family a sense of closure.
I bring back into mind the families and friends that want some closure, and are just desperately waiting for any information. And that gives me the strength and motivation to keep digging.
The message that we're sending is that it's not just about General Motors' workers. All the suppliers, including Lear Whitby, are impacted by a potential closure.
Japan relied on a strategy of quickly identifying clusters of new cases and then imposing containment measures to prevent a larger outbreak, with relatively low numbers of COVID cases in Japan, there has been less international focus on the governments response than on South Koreas energetic testing program. While Seouls actions have been described as the gold standard for the world, Japan adopted a less energetic, critics would assert lackadaisical, testing, and closure strategy.
Translations for closure
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- إغلاقArabic
- закриванеBulgarian
- uzavření, uzavírka, uzávěrCzech
- afslutningDanish
- Closure, Hülle, FunktionsabschlussGerman
- clausura, cierreSpanish
- بستارPersian
- lopettaminen, sulkeminen, sulkeuma, sulkija, suljin, ratkaisuFinnish
- fermetureFrench
- dùnadhScottish Gaelic
- lezártHungarian
- lokunIcelandic
- termine, chiusuraItalian
- 閉包, 閉苞, クロージャ, 関数閉包Japanese
- beëindiging, sluiting, afsluitingDutch
- domknięciePolish
- término, encerramento, fecho, finalPortuguese
- închidereRomanian
- закрытие, окончаниеRussian
- avslutning, hölje, avrundningSwedish
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